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Volleyball: Toss the Ball

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Player stands with right leg in front (if right-handed) and tosses the ball with extended arm that they serve with. The ball should rotate more and more times every consecutive toss.

COACHING POINTS

Have player flex their wrist rapidly while tossing the ball to achieve more rotation.

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Player stands with the ball in non-dominant hand. They drop it down and hit with dominant hand vertically.

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Attack Line to Attack Line:

Player stands on attack line facing the net with right foot in front if right-handed, and left foot in front if left-handed. They toss the ball high, move their other foot forward, setting up serve position.

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Jump Serve From the Baseline:

Standing a few metres behind the baseline, player begins to toss, approach, jump and serve the ball, landing in between the baseline and the attack line.

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Grassroot serving:

2 players, 1 ball. The player serving has to hit the ball over the net so that the other player can catch the ball.

If they are successful 3 times in a row the player can take a step back and move closer to the back line.

Once players reach the back line they can swap roles.

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