This document discusses various skills involved in volleyball, including different types of serves (underhand, overhand, sidearm, float, jump, and topspin), passing, digging, blocking, and spiking. It provides detailed instructions on how to perform each type of serve, such as tossing and contacting techniques. The overview summarizes the key volleyball skills and their purposes in playing the game.

1. SKILLS IN VOLLEYBALL

2. 1. SERVE
The act of putting the ball in
play by hitting the ball toward
the opponent’s courtside. The
serve is the only skill
controlled solely by one
player.

3. Types of serve
• UNDERHAND SERVE – serving the
ball by hitting it below. The
underhand serve can be useful to
someone who cannot yet generate
the power required to get the
overhand serve across the net. It’s
also valuable to those who have
trouble coordinating the timing
between the toss and contact with
the ball.
• One foot back, the ball is held in
the non-dominant hand.
• The dominant hand makes a fist,
the weight moves to the forward
foot and the ball is contacted by
the fist just behind the center of
the ball.

4. TYPES OF SERVE
b. OVERHAND SERVE – serving
the ball by tossing it overhead
and striking it above the head
level. This serve is popular due
to its ability to accommodate
power, precision, and a variety of
spins.
• The non-dominant hand holds
the ball and is extended
forward from the shoulder.
The ball is tossed up and
contacted with the dominant
hand moving from over the
head down and through to the
waist.

5. TYPES OF SERVE
c. SIDEARM SERVE – You
stand sideways and do an
underhand serve only
swinging your arm sideways
instead of in an uppercut
motion.

6. TYPES OF SERVE
d. FLOAT SERVE –done by
contacting the ball is such a way
that the ball doesn’t spin which
makes it more likely to float. A
floater is much tougher to pass
because the flight of the ball is
much less predictable.
• The steps for an overhand serve
take place and then hand contact
should be made directly behind the
middle part of the volleyball.
• The arm will follow through but
should be stopped before
descending toward the waist.

7. TYPES OF SERVE
e. JUMP SERVE– The jump serve is a
volleyball serve in which the server tosses the
ball, takes an approach and jumps to spike the
ball. The amount of power and spin generated
by a good jump serve is difficult for even
great serve receivers to handle. Because of
the importance of timing the toss and jump,
the jump serve can be very difficult to learn.
• The ball is tossed with the non-dominant
hand very high and several feet in front of
the player.
• An approach is made and the player jumps to
attack the ball.
• A firm wrist and abbreviated follow-through
help keep control throughout the serve.

8. TYPES OF SERVE
e. TOPSPIN SERVE– Topspin serves get on
defensive players quickly and can drop just
over the net, putting serve receivers in a
bind.
• The steps for an overhand serve with a
high toss take place then the player
should move under the toss and strike
the ball from below.
• The follow-through should be down with a
good wrist snap and then toward the
outside of the shoulder.

9. 2. Pass
An attempt to
properly handle an
opponent’s service
or attack. It is also
called reception.

10. 3. dig
The ability of stopping the
ball from touching the court’s
ground after an attack or
strike.

11. 4. BLOCK
The act of preventing the
opponent’s attempt to strike
or attack.

12. 6. SPIKE
The act of striking the ball
hard overhead just above the
net. This is the common way
of getting a score in the
game volleyball.