Overhand Serve

Question
My underhand serve is fine i could get it over all day butmy overhand is not so good i don't hit it hard enough what should i do??? Tips??

Answer
Allyson,

This may be the question I am asked most by young female athletes.  The first thing you need to know is that serving will come.  Work at it with confidence and you will soon see improvement.

The first thing I would do (and had my younger players do) is serve from the 10' line.  Get that over 25 times in a row.  Take two steps back and get that over 25 times in a row (or when you feel good about the serve).  Continue to do this until you are now serving from the end line with little problems.  Some players don't like to do this but it will help.

The other thing you can do but it doesn't work as well is try to serve the ball out deep.  Don't aim for the court or for a zone; aim to hit the back board behind the end line.  One thing I've noticed is that players who serve short try to hard not to serve long (as silly as that may sound).

Good luck and let me know if this worked.
Steve