Quick college vball rant: Stop with the topspin serves

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The creator, a former college setter, rants about the ineffectiveness of topspin serves in women's college volleyball. She argues that these serves often result in the ball going out of bounds or being easy to pass, putting the serving team at a disadvantage. She highlights exceptional players like Micah Hancock, Mia Tuaniga, and Camryn Hayworth as examples of players who could execute difficult serves, contrasting them with the common, less effective topspin serves seen today.

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1Introduction and thesis statement against topspin serves
2Explanation of why topspin serves are ineffective and disadvantageous
3Example of exceptional players with powerful serves (Micha Hancock)
4Introduction of other skilled players (Mia Tuaniga, Camryn Hayworth)
5Discussion of the difficulty and effectiveness of their serves
6Call for a return to more strategic serves like hybrid or float serves

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Quick college vball rant: Stop with the topspin serves (From a former college setter) I might ruffle some people's feathers with this take 99.9999% of players on the women's college volleyball side that topspin serve have absolutely no business doing so No business at all By doing so, they are putting their team the SERVING team at a significant disadvantage I watched the preseason matches yesterday and I was just watching the Texas vs Arizona State match These topspin serves that I'm seeing and I've felt this way for a while The topspin serves I'm seeing might as well be a downball when you're just doing drills in practice Like easy downball I'm seeing threes, three, threes, threes or the serve is going 30 feet out of bounds Micha Hancock graduated from Penn State in 2015 Played under the legendary Russ Rose, ** TWO national championships (back-to-back) started all four years of her career The OG volleyball fans will know that no one could touch her serve She was a lefty She had that insane spin on her topspin Micah Hancock graduated in 2015 No one has come close No topspin serve has even sniffed the realm of the power and difficulty of Micah Hancock's serve I think only two players receive an honorable mention when discussing the top spin serve post-Micah Hancock Mia Tuaniga from USC and Camryn Hayworth from Indiana. Camryn Hayworth lefty Mia Tuaniga righty Both setters both under 6 foot Mia might be 6 foot on the dot but Camryn? certainly under 6 foot The reason I specify their heights is because I want people to understand that my point is not that women are not strong enough to topspin serve, which is an argument that I've heard before and I don't agree with But both of those players Camryn especially, being a lefty like Micah The spin that they put on the ball just made it damn near impossible to pass And you don't see that with a lot of these topspin serves You see players First of all, they toss that ball up in the air and my entire body clenches because I I have no idea where it's gonna go It's either out of bounds or inbounds and very easy to pass And I think that way more people just need to go for a hybrid serve or a solid float serve Samantha Bricio, Melanie Parra, Logan Eggleston Those types of I wanna see someone bring back the two handed jump Samantha Bricio style hybrid serve Go for that

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A float or hybrid will (almost) always be more effective #volleyball #ncaavolleyball #fyp #foryou #foryoupage

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I might ruffle some people's feathers with this take 99.9999% of players on the women's college volleyball side that topspin serve have absolutely no business doing so No business at all By doing so, they are putting their team the SERVING team at a significant disadvantage I watched the preseason matches yesterday and I was just watching the Texas vs Arizona State match These topspin serves that I'm seeing and I've felt this way for a while The topspin serves I'm seeing might as well be a downball when you're just doing drills in practice Like easy downball I'm seeing threes, three, threes, threes or the serve is going 30 feet out of bounds Micha Hancock graduated from Penn State in 2015 Played under the legendary Russ Rose, ** TWO national championships (back-to-back) started all four years of her career The OG volleyball fans will know that no one could touch her serve She was a lefty She had that insane spin on her topspin Micah Hancock graduated in 2015 No one has come close No topspin serve has even sniffed the realm of the power and difficulty of Micah Hancock's serve I think only two players receive an honorable mention when discussing the top spin serve post-Micah Hancock Mia Tuaniga from USC and Camryn Hayworth from Indiana. Camryn Hayworth lefty Mia Tuaniga righty Both setters both under 6 foot Mia might be 6 foot on the dot but Camryn? certainly under 6 foot The reason I specify their heights is because I want people to understand that my point is not that women are not strong enough to topspin serve, which is an argument that I've heard before and I don't agree with But both of those players Camryn especially, being a lefty like Micah The spin that they put on the ball just made it damn near impossible to pass And you don't see that with a lot of these topspin serves You see players First of all, they toss that ball up in the air and my entire body clenches because I I have no idea where it's gonna go It's either out of bounds or inbounds and very easy to pass And I think that way more people just need to go for a hybrid serve or a solid float serve Samantha Bricio, Melanie Parra, Logan Eggleston Those types of I wanna see someone bring back the two handed jump Samantha Bricio style hybrid serve Go for that