{"id":2382,"date":"2016-08-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/volleyball-tips-how-to-serve-a-volleyball\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T13:00:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:00:02","slug":"how-to-serve-a-volleyball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/how-to-serve-a-volleyball","title":{"rendered":"Volleyball Tips: How To Serve A Volleyball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former college volleyball player and CoachUp coach Lok-Tin Yao shows how to serve a volleyball. After tossing the ball over your head, you want to whip your arm forward while rotating your hips, hitting the ball with the bottom of your palm of your hand.<\/p>\n<p><span contenteditable=\"false\" data-mce-object=\"iframe\" class=\"mce-preview-object mce-object-iframe\" data-mce-p-allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-p-frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-p-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HiSGZkd1Z_E\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HiSGZkd1Z_E\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><span class=\"mce-shim\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hi, I&#8217;m Lok-Tin Yao, former collegiate volleyball player and CoachUp coach. And this is the serve. The importance of a good serve is to offensively attack the other team. 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