The serve has a great impact in the Rally Scoring era of volleyball. To capitalize on this area, Coach Rose shares technical aspects of the standing serve, the jump float and the jump spin in this three-part DVD. He begins with the technical aspects of each of these serves. While teaching, Rose offers ongoing commentary of the nuances of the serve along with repeated demonstrations of each that you can show your players. He also touches upon the importance of establishing a serving ritual that allows focus and preparation for the serve. In Part 2, Tactical Factors, Rose shares insight into maximizing service scoring opportunities for your individual athletes and your team as a whole. Part 3 features drills from three distinct categories: Control, Tactical and Stamina that are all designed to help "test" individual players and your team to be prepared in every foreseeable game time serve situation. Turn your serves into scoring opportunities with this excellent DVD from Russ Rose.

32 minutes. 2008.

In this excellent two-part presentation, Coach Shoji presents techniques to help your team get the most out of all scoring opportunities. In the hitting section, Shoji concentrates on approach, arm swing and elevation to develop timing. He breaks down the mechanics of the arm swing and footwork of the approach and demonstrates drills to complement both areas. Shoji puts the arm swing and approach together to show the cross-court shot, the seam shot and the down the line shot. More advanced back row attacks are also discussed and demonstrated on the left, right and middle of the floor and four quick attack patterns designed to put pressure on the blockers are shown. In the serving section, Shoji explains the serving techniques that will help improve your team's serving. Techniques for the float serve, the jump serve and the jump float serve are broken down into the toss, footwork, arm mechanics and hand contact. He also explains strategies to take advantage of the defense's weakness and being able to serve to areas of the court.

54 minutes. 2006.

In this video, Chris Lamb shares with you his systematic teaching progression for the float and jump serves. In Part 1: Float Serve Progressions, Lamb shares a 7-step progression and in Part 2: Jump Serve Progressions he shares a 6-step progression. Included in both are the body position set-up, toss positioning including tips for delivering a successful and controlled toss, body rotation, striking hand technique, ball contact, and proper follow-through techniques. Throughout each progression are special verbal cues and unique naming of each of the specific moves/techniques necessary to implement a successful serve. Lamb uses demonstrators ranging in age from 4th - 8th grade, showing you firsthand how these lead-up progressions can positively impact players of all ages, sizes, and ability levels.

35 minutes. 2004.

Part 1: Passing. Dunning breaks down what he feels are the four key elements for successful, accurate passing: Physical, Skill, Movement, and Mental. Dunning teaches and takes his demonstrators through: proper starting position detailing the positioning of the feet, body, and arms and passing posture and the technique for a developing a successful passing platform. Drill progressions include: Tilt Drills, Change of Direction Drills, and individual drills a player can work on to become a Champion passer! Part 2: Serving. Dunning's approach: "Never serve easy, never serve rockets, have a good serve every play!" Dunning first details the Floater Roundhouse Serve. He first discusses the importance of injury prevention and shares detailed sequences for learning the Floater Serve (he also illustrates positioning of the feet, hands, body, and shoulder with a serving sequence of "Toss, Step to Target, and Hammer the Nail"!). Effective Wall Drills and Lane Serving Drills for developing accuracy and technique are also shown. Finally, he shares instruction and drills for a Jump Serve with a "Toss and Attack" approach.

53 minutes. 2002. ISBN 1-56404-967-1.