What is the 'jump serve'?

What is the 'jump serve'?

Sinjin Smith (Volleyball Player) gives expert video advice on: How important is a good serve in beach volleyball?; What is the 'underhand serve'?; What is a 'floater serve'? and more...

A jump serve is very important in the game of beach volleyball because you can score the point very quickly. It is essentially a weapon. The key to jump serving is starting behind the line, making sure that you have an approach. This is much like a spike but you're going to broad jump into the ball. You toss the ball up - some people use their right or their left, or two hands, it doesn't really matter - whatever way you feel comfortable throwing the ball up in the air in front of you with control. Once you throw that ball up you want to take a spike approach, jump up in the air, contact the ball high smashing it over into the other side of the court, hopefully with enough control where you can place it on the angle, in the middle, or on the line. It's a great weapon to score points if you do it correctly.