It seems like everyone is always excited to overhand serve, but what you really want to do is win games and serving in volleyball is the great equilizer! When you’re just starting out and learning to serve a volleyball, the underhand serve is the way to go.

The underhand serve is pretty simple and can be very powerful if you do it right! This video shows you the basics so you can get started, then you just have to practice, practice, practice.

Remember, an accurate in bound underhand serve is much better than a fancy out of bounds overhand serve, so don’t worry about doing overhand serves right away. I’ve been playing volleyball for 2 years and I’m just now starting to overhand serve consistently. And, when we are in a clutch game situation, I don’t want to let my teammates down so I often rely on my predictable, killer underhand serve.

Hey, it won me “Best Server” on the team for 4 seasons in a row!