Don’t duck under a serve!
Serve reception in Beach Volleyball.
In most situations if you are ducking under a serve, then the ball is more than likely going to land in. You should never duck under a ball and let it travel over you head. Ducking under it leaves you in a poor position with no chance to save it if you realise it’s going to drop on the line.
The best option for a deep serve is to move to the side and watch it as it goes past. Keep your arms high, so that if you do change your mind, they are still close enough that you can play the ball.
In the ideal situation you walk, or run with the ball all the way to the base line, and “track” it as it goes out. Obviously most serves are too fast for that so you just cover it as long as you can, to make sure your decision to let it bounce is a correct one.
