UPDATE: Now I can go a whole practice day only missing a couple times. I'm now aiming to do more powerful serves and chosing where to send the ball, not only get it over the net.
The steps I always keep in my head when serving. 1. Get in form 2. Weight on your back foot 3. Hold ball shoulder width w/ your serving arm 4. Bow in arrow back with your serving arm 5. Toss the volleyball right in frount of your serving hand 6. Step through w/ your back foot
Litteraly I've tried this so much but when I'm keeping something in my head in to focused on what's in my head, I have trouble throwing the ball then stepping forward. Plzz help me loll anything would help I'm just tired of trying so many things.
Hey Koko, i’m a sophomore who started being really interested in volleyball a couple months ago and started playing by myself all the time and did a camp this summer and tomorrow i’m officially trying out for my schools team for the first time and the one thing i can’t seem to get down is my serve and i think this video helped me tremendously along with a lot of your other videos:)
I wish I had this video when I first started last year, but I'm happy you have it, good luck and have lots of fun when you make the team(knock on wood)
@@AlyssaWaters22 sadly i didn’t but it’s all good i just started and i don’t expect to be amazing. I plan on doing some more rec teams/ camps throughout the year so i can get better for next year
I’m not a beginner so a lot of tutorials do not come in handy but this…. This just give clear instructions and I feel like this advice will come handy in my future volleyball games!! Thank you!! ❤️❤️
@@audizss whatttt? This person is saying that that they are NOT a beginner so they already know the game and how to serve so they don't find a lot ot tutorials helpful. But they do find this helpful and will save the advice for future reference
I JUST actually joined volleyball this year for the first time, I’ve had some experience (a little bit since I was 8) but I am struggling with my overhand serve but I am just 💯 perfect on my underhand, this helped me a lot, Thank you. I am going to watch more of your videos for advice 👍
YOUR A LIFESAVER!! I’m 13 and a beginner and I can’t join a team so I joined a club and they never got into the details on how to serve so this helped me so much!
Something my coach pointed out (in my first year of volleyball) that I had to do was have my hitting arm in the air BEFORE I throw up the toss. I just wanted to say that in case it wasn't clear to anyone!
Good tips, I think the toss is often not stressed enough as its absolutely crucial for young players, but missing anything about feet. Some of the biggest problems I see with young players are starting with shoulders facing the net which leaves only a weak arm swing for power, stepping with the wrong foot forward which again means no power as hips and shoulders are already rotated, or if they do set up with the correct foot back stepping through with that foot which rotates hips and shoulders early killing power and making for inconsistent contact. I try to get them to push forward maintaining upper body posture with the hitting elbow up and back until they are swinging, pinning the toes of the back foot to the ground until contact, which keeps hips and shoulders open while starting forward and able to be part of power generation. Power starts at the foot pushing into the floor, way too many miss out on using all the big muscles on the way up and just try to hit it with arm only. Keep good tips coming, love to see young players improve! 👍
I remember I watched the video on how to overhand serve and I did it so much, got so good I learned jump serving, became the best server on my team, and as a bonus I became the libero of a 15 Smack team.
thank you for these drills! our coaches in camp started making us do these awhile ago and I was struggling on being consistent with my tosses. I'll give them a try once I've fully rested.
I’ve been struggling with my overhand, spring season I could serve over the net easily, but now that fall season started they barely ever go over, so thank you
I was in the volleyball team last year and I’ve been trying to overhand serve for a long time. No matter how much j try I’ve never been able to do it, so i hope this video helps me out!
A tip my coach told me was that before you serve, always check the height of your elbow. She said one of her girls would always look behind her to make sure her serving hand was raised before she swung.
I love these your videos they’ve really help me improve and thanks to your tips and tricks I got on a highschool team and we have a season through summer season thank you for these types of videos
All these tips are so helpful and helped me get my serve but I feel like something that some don’t understand is your arm’s position hitting the ball. If you find your arm coming from off the side and spinning while in the air, you aren’t hitting it right. Always picture the ball as a high-five. Your arm should be right over your shoulder when you hit the ball. It’ll help the ball go straighter and help following through!
Coach KoKo please make a how to calm volleyball try out nerves I’m really nervous for my next try out more then all my other ones I have always been excepted. But I’m still really nervous. Thanks Coach KoKo you are the best
I personally struggle with overhand serving and I’ve been playing for 4 years ( I’m 13 ) so when I have to overhand serve I like to add a little jump to make sure it gets over because I know I have the strength.
ty for this koko!! I'm a setter on my schools team, which means I'm on a LOT of the time. Sadly, my coach has to sub me out when its my turn to serve, because I simply can't get my serve to go far enough. I'd really like to learn to get my overhand serve over the net, so that I don't have to be subbed out when its my turn to serve. I really like playing backrow, so I hope I get to more if I learn it. thanks!
You'll get it! I have the same problem 😭 it never goes far enough but i know it's because my hand placement's wrong but i can't get it right. But anyways, any luck serving over the net?
I have a HUGE problem with serving and actually being able to get it over the net, and it seems like im never able to get any power behind my arms no matter how many tutorials I watch and I have tryouts soon. HELP ME PLEASE
@LinhNguyen-kx9jx I didn't make it. Thanks for asking, I had a pretty good tryout though perfect score on everything except serving even then I got an ok score on it like 5/10
A method I use it’s to put my hand next to my ear, it kind of looks like your ninja about karate chop stuff lol, but if you swing around faster for me I was poor power into my serves.
I have this weird problem when I overhand serve. I do this thing where my hand like wiggles backwards then forwards, it messes up my serve, but it’s a habit and I can’t stop doing it even when I try! Luckily it’s starting to go away.
One thing that was an issue for me was where I faced when I served. If you face more towards on direction, its most likely gonna go that way. Also, making sure to not swing across your body, straight swing is best!
I have a tournament this week and I want to get that overhand serve for the match! I could seem to get that strength so I’m working on that for Sunday!!
My serves are a 60 40 chance. I toss the ball high because I jump and I keep my hand firm until contact and my height of my jump helps get it across but 🤷♀️
Hey Koko! I was wondering what do I do if I wanna practice at home? My sister says "If you want a volleyball you have to pay for it. It's not like ur on a team or something." It's true I'm not on a team but I have a passion for volleyball and I really wanna get good at it but, I don't have a volleyball at home. The only times I practice is during pe or brunch and lunch the thing is that, that's at school. I don't have enough money to buy a volleyball either. So, do you know something I could do? If you do thanks so much!
Thanks im sure this will help i used to have a rlly strong serve but i have been barley makijg my serve go to back row so i need to make my serve strpnger
THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!! my first game is in 2 days and i still cant serve over the net!! i play for middle school volleyball and the net is 6ft tall and i'm one of the few girls who still can't get my served over the net. thank you!!!
you dont need to bounce it. the reason people do it is to figure out where the ball should hit their hand when they serve it. if it helps you, go for it! if not, dont worry about it 💕🏐
I already know how to do proper overhand serves but it's nice to get a refresher once in a while😊 Edit: i can already jump serve but this is still good because my jump serve is not as accurate as this yet
I made my junior high volleyball team, but I am one of the only ones who takes underhand serves because my overhand serves only go over the net once in a few tries, luckily our first game is in like 2 weeks so I plenty of time to practice
Y’all pls help 😭 So I have been interested in volleyball and I’ve been contacting a volleyball club and they finally answered me but they said that they were going to contact the people that were interested to try playing. I don’t know if it’s a try out or not and I don’t know what I have to learn to get in 😔
I'd say focus on passing and serving first, those are definitely the things that will help you the most, and once you feel comfortable with those you can go on to other things like setting
My problem is when I get ready to sever I always deep sever now when I was in 7 grader I never did that now 8 grader year I keep missing the net every time like one go over net then the next one don’t because I forget to put my arm by my ear when I’m tossing the ball i feel like doing something wrong I get up to sever.
my issue is i started overhand serving a few months ago and always had my elbow too low, and now im just used to it. which means i can never get it over the net lol
I was STRUGGLING with my overhand this last month. There was one day where not even 1 ball passed to the other side. You come in handy Koko!
this made me feel not alone 😭
I have been struggling like that for a year lol
same
UPDATE:
Now I can go a whole practice day only missing a couple times. I'm now aiming to do more powerful serves and chosing where to send the ball, not only get it over the net.
Yes it’s embarrassing that I can’t get the ball over the net not even 1
The steps I always keep in my head when serving.
1. Get in form
2. Weight on your back foot
3. Hold ball shoulder width w/ your serving arm
4. Bow in arrow back with your serving arm
5. Toss the volleyball right in frount of your serving hand
6. Step through w/ your back foot
Litteraly I've tried this so much but when I'm keeping something in my head in to focused on what's in my head, I have trouble throwing the ball then stepping forward. Plzz help me loll anything would help I'm just tired of trying so many things.
Ty
We do
1. Sandwich
2. Bow and arrow
3.toss
4.step
5.swing
@@makayla1590Keep your eye on the ball, don’t drift off somewhere else, it effects your serve a lot.
Nice
Hey Koko, i’m a sophomore who started being really interested in volleyball a couple months ago and started playing by myself all the time and did a camp this summer and tomorrow i’m officially trying out for my schools team for the first time and the one thing i can’t seem to get down is my serve and i think this video helped me tremendously along with a lot of your other videos:)
Same I have tryouts tomorrow. Good luck!
You got this! 🙌🏾
I wish I had this video when I first started last year, but I'm happy you have it, good luck and have lots of fun when you make the team(knock on wood)
Tryouts are on Monday for me 🥲 did you guys make it tho?
@@AlyssaWaters22 sadly i didn’t but it’s all good i just started and i don’t expect to be amazing. I plan on doing some more rec teams/ camps throughout the year so i can get better for next year
I’m not a beginner so a lot of tutorials do not come in handy but this…. This just give clear instructions and I feel like this advice will come handy in my future volleyball games!! Thank you!! ❤️❤️
so underhand serve instead?
@@audizss whatttt? This person is saying that that they are NOT a beginner so they already know the game and how to serve so they don't find a lot ot tutorials helpful. But they do find this helpful and will save the advice for future reference
I JUST actually joined volleyball this year for the first time, I’ve had some experience (a little bit since I was 8) but I am struggling with my overhand serve but I am just 💯 perfect on my underhand, this helped me a lot, Thank you. I am going to watch more of your videos for advice 👍
YOUR A LIFESAVER!! I’m 13 and a beginner and I can’t join a team so I joined a club and they never got into the details on how to serve so this helped me so much!
Do you have middle school volleyball
Something my coach pointed out (in my first year of volleyball) that I had to do was have my hitting arm in the air BEFORE I throw up the toss. I just wanted to say that in case it wasn't clear to anyone!
Good tips, I think the toss is often not stressed enough as its absolutely crucial for young players, but missing anything about feet. Some of the biggest problems I see with young players are starting with shoulders facing the net which leaves only a weak arm swing for power, stepping with the wrong foot forward which again means no power as hips and shoulders are already rotated, or if they do set up with the correct foot back stepping through with that foot which rotates hips and shoulders early killing power and making for inconsistent contact. I try to get them to push forward maintaining upper body posture with the hitting elbow up and back until they are swinging, pinning the toes of the back foot to the ground until contact, which keeps hips and shoulders open while starting forward and able to be part of power generation. Power starts at the foot pushing into the floor, way too many miss out on using all the big muscles on the way up and just try to hit it with arm only. Keep good tips coming, love to see young players improve! 👍
I remember I watched the video on how to overhand serve and I did it so much, got so good I learned jump serving, became the best server on my team, and as a bonus I became the libero of a 15 Smack team.
Wow congrats!!
thank you so much! I really appreciated having a visual for serving, and hitting against the net was very helpful, thank you!
thank you for these drills! our coaches in camp started making us do these awhile ago and I was struggling on being consistent with my tosses. I'll give them a try once I've fully rested.
This helps me a lot since I'm trying to make not only my volleyball year amazing again but be able to let others experience that win with me too
I’ve been struggling with my overhand, spring season I could serve over the net easily, but now that fall season started they barely ever go over, so thank you
My daughter is a lefty too. I am going to enjoy watching your tutorials with her.
My first time trying out for any sport as a senior so I’m excited and nervous because I’ve never played before! Let’s see how this goes!
Your explanation makes so much sense and it's also very easy to understand thanks a lot
my overhand serves where good but never consistent and after i did this i kept doing so good so thank you so much !!
I was in the volleyball team last year and I’ve been trying to overhand serve for a long time. No matter how much j try I’ve never been able to do it, so i hope this video helps me out!
A tip my coach told me was that before you serve, always check the height of your elbow. She said one of her girls would always look behind her to make sure her serving hand was raised before she swung.
I literally love you your so sweet and the best teacher
thank you! i always end up losing hope i can never seem to get my ball over the net. hopefully with practice that changes!
KOKO!!! I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO DO AN OVERHAND SERVE AGAHAH IM SO HAPPY (as you can probably tell lol) TYSM FOR THIS VIDEO
I love these your videos they’ve really help me improve and thanks to your tips and tricks I got on a highschool team and we have a season through summer season thank you for these types of videos
Coach Koko you're a life saver ma'am
I love ur explanations!:)…u got great, uncomplicated advice and I’m going to try n introduce that into practices for specific players. Thanku!!
All these tips are so helpful and helped me get my serve but I feel like something that some don’t understand is your arm’s position hitting the ball. If you find your arm coming from off the side and spinning while in the air, you aren’t hitting it right. Always picture the ball as a high-five. Your arm should be right over your shoulder when you hit the ball. It’ll help the ball go straighter and help following through!
This is already much better than your video from six years ago. I liked that one. I want to give you 2x likes for this one!
thank you so much this video was extremely helpful! I’ve been struggling getting my serves high enough and this also made my servers more powerful
Coach KoKo please make a how to calm volleyball try out nerves I’m really nervous for my next try out more then all my other ones I have always been excepted. But I’m still really nervous. Thanks Coach KoKo you are the best
I personally struggle with overhand serving and I’ve been playing for 4 years ( I’m 13 ) so when I have to overhand serve I like to add a little jump to make sure it gets over because I know I have the strength.
ty for this koko!! I'm a setter on my schools team, which means I'm on a LOT of the time. Sadly, my coach has to sub me out when its my turn to serve, because I simply can't get my serve to go far enough. I'd really like to learn to get my overhand serve over the net, so that I don't have to be subbed out when its my turn to serve. I really like playing backrow, so I hope I get to more if I learn it. thanks!
You'll get it! I have the same problem 😭 it never goes far enough but i know it's because my hand placement's wrong but i can't get it right. But anyways, any luck serving over the net?
I love the sting from the slap, it lets me know i did a good job
1. Sandwich
2. Bow and arrow
3.toss
4.step
5.swing
What does Sandwich mean?
I have a HUGE problem with serving and actually being able to get it over the net, and it seems like im never able to get any power behind my arms no matter how many tutorials I watch and I have tryouts soon. HELP ME PLEASE
How did you go? 😊
@LinhNguyen-kx9jx I didn't make it. Thanks for asking, I had a pretty good tryout though perfect score on everything except serving even then I got an ok score on it like 5/10
can you do a tutorial for a jump serve?
I’ve always been ok at serving now I’m even better thank you koko
Great video! 13 year old is really struggling with her serve. We'll see if these help, thank you!
Thank you so much this helped me a lot I’m going to watch your videos more often to get better 😁
I just can’t figure out how to put enough power in my hit
A method I use it’s to put my hand next to my ear, it kind of looks like your ninja about karate chop stuff lol, but if you swing around faster for me I was poor power into my serves.
i am STRUGGLING with overhand serving, I’m gonna keep trying to do these hopefully I’ll make the team!!
Same
I have this weird problem when I overhand serve. I do this thing where my hand like wiggles backwards then forwards, it messes up my serve, but it’s a habit and I can’t stop doing it even when I try! Luckily it’s starting to go away.
hi :) i have the same problem actually, how long did it take u to fully remove this habit cause i’m struggling until now 😭
@ probably about 2 weeks. at first it’s hard to stop it but once you get the hang of it, it’s easy!
THANK YOUUUUUU THIS HELPED ME SOOOO MUCH!
One thing that was an issue for me was where I faced when I served. If you face more towards on direction, its most likely gonna go that way. Also, making sure to not swing across your body, straight swing is best!
I have a tournament this week and I want to get that overhand serve for the match! I could seem to get that strength so I’m working on that for Sunday!!
Is there a way you can make a short video/UA-cam short on how you foot position should be when you over hand serve? Btw I love the video btw
This is the best advice I have ever got! I used to not be able to get one ball over the net this was sooooo helpful thank you soooo much 🫶🏻🫶🏻
But how do you fix your timing on when to hit it?
It should be a little higher above arm length when you hit it
Awesome tips! Thank you!
My serves are a 60 40 chance. I toss the ball high because I jump and I keep my hand firm until contact and my height of my jump helps get it across but 🤷♀️
Hi koko thanks for help me how to serve i really love your content and your vlog you are best teacher in volleyball 😊😊😊
KOKO SLAYED
Thank you for the tips, I appreciate the guidance!
Can you talk about jump floating and jump spinning serves?
Hey Koko! I was wondering what do I do if I wanna practice at home? My sister says "If you want a volleyball you have to pay for it. It's not like ur on a team or something." It's true I'm not on a team but I have a passion for volleyball and I really wanna get good at it but, I don't have a volleyball at home. The only times I practice is during pe or brunch and lunch the thing is that, that's at school. I don't have enough money to buy a volleyball either. So, do you know something I could do? If you do thanks so much!
You Could teach you family or friends to play with you and stuff so you can practice, or watch UA-cam videos. i dont really know Im sorry :(
they have cheaper volleyballs at 5below if you, in your area. :)
@@riding_and_vibing OMG thank you! :D
How’s it going? Have you gotten a volleyball yet? :)
@@Veronica-op5ee I would like to buy you a ball. Where do you live?
you never disappoint!
Can you do a video on drills to do at home? Especially for serving and spiking!😂
Thanks im sure this will help i used to have a rlly strong serve but i have been barley makijg my serve go to back row so i need to make my serve strpnger
THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!! my first game is in 2 days and i still cant serve over the net!! i play for middle school volleyball and the net is 6ft tall and i'm one of the few girls who still can't get my served over the net. thank you!!!
Hi Koko! Everyone I have watched has bounced it before they served it. I was just wondering if we have to do that when we serve?🏐
you dont need to bounce it. the reason people do it is to figure out where the ball should hit their hand when they serve it. if it helps you, go for it! if not, dont worry about it 💕🏐
Is that ok that toss the ball with two hand?
I’m good at overhand,but my form could be better. This is so helpful ❤
Tysm! I love your channel. New subscriber!
Hi I love volleyball and I start tomorrow so your video helped me practice
I NEEDED THIS THX SM
I already know how to do proper overhand serves but it's nice to get a refresher once in a while😊
Edit: i can already jump serve but this is still good because my jump serve is not as accurate as this yet
I can serve it overhand it is.jist that sometimes I hit it on my fingers and I have to get used to it
One of my daughters is a leftie and struggling.
thanks for this video
Thanks for the help been a month and now my serves sounds like a bullet
My daughter could never serve over the net but now she can thanks😊
this will help me practice more so if i do make the team I can be more consistent while serving :)
This is my favourite game sport
SAMEE
Sooo helpful!!! Thank youu soo muchh!!!!
This helps
HELPED A LOT TYYYY
I made my junior high volleyball team, but I am one of the only ones who takes underhand serves because my overhand serves only go over the net once in a few tries, luckily our first game is in like 2 weeks so I plenty of time to practice
Thanks 👍
this was posted one day after my b-day!
Thank youuuuu
Y’all pls help 😭 So I have been interested in volleyball and I’ve been contacting a volleyball club and they finally answered me but they said that they were going to contact the people that were interested to try playing. I don’t know if it’s a try out or not and I don’t know what I have to learn to get in 😔
I'd say focus on passing and serving first, those are definitely the things that will help you the most, and once you feel comfortable with those you can go on to other things like setting
That me again for the wonderful video!
Omg I meant to say thanks autocorrect 🤦♂️
great stuff
So helpful
Super helpful thanks a bunch 😊 👍🏾
My problem is when I get ready to sever I always deep sever now when I was in 7 grader I never did that now 8 grader year I keep missing the net every time like one go over net then the next one don’t because I forget to put my arm by my ear when I’m tossing the ball i feel like doing something wrong I get up to sever.
Is the ball hard?
my issue is i started overhand serving a few months ago and always had my elbow too low, and now im just used to it. which means i can never get it over the net lol
Thank you,my overhand serving has been the worst
OMG your t-shirt! Is that BTS inspired? so cuteee 😍😍
Thank you.
Thanks
Thanks!!!!
i bow down and toss and i still have verry good serve, i actually cant toss nicely without bowing down
Do you have camps
how to i get my stance right?
My try outs is August 5th and I’m so scared
My problem is when I wanna hit the ball I feel the power in my hands but when I hit the power didn't come out !! IDK whyyy! 👉👈
coach better than my own coach
I think I was supposed to watch this yesterday...
what happened yesterday
Thank you sm.