Game version
Target-zone serving: two teams of two take turns serving into zones. Each team counts only its own zones hit.
Underhand Serve Form
Learn a reliable underhand serve that gets the ball over every time.
By Coach Evan Waechtler Youth coach (U11, Cache Valley, Utah) and founder of SSTracker Updated October 30, 2026
Set up
Stand with your opposite foot forward and the ball held low.
Core: Medium. Beat your own best out of 10.
- Ages
- 7 and up
- Time
- 10 min
- Players
- Just you
- Space
- Gym or court
- Bring
- Volleyball, net or line
- Level · skill
- Beginner · Serving
The steps
How it works
- Stand with your opposite foot forward and the ball held low.
- Swing your arm like a pendulum and hit the bottom of the ball with a flat fist.
- Step as you swing.
- Serve 20 and count the ones that go over.
Coaching point
Hold it still, step and swing.
Safety: Warm up your shoulder first, keep serve and hitting sets short, and stop if your shoulder hurts.
Make it fun
Play it, don't drill it
Challenge
Pick a zone: Less (big), Core (medium), More (small). Beat your own best out of 10.
Story
You are opening the match with a serve that lands exactly where you aim.
My best
Beat your own count
Beat your own best out of 10. Only your own number counts: today against last time.
Practice makes progress
Print it now, or save it free
Free for families and teams
Save this drill to your child or team, free
Sign up and the free volleyball week for this age opens in your child's planner, kept to healthy limits. A coach can send this drill to the whole team as homework, and parents see every session logged.
14 days free for a family, no card · Running a team is always free
Does your child's coach know about this?
An email from you to the coach, with the words ready. Nothing is tracked and nobody is rewarded.