The toss is the key to a successful overhand floater serve. A ball tossed too high, too low, too far in front or too far in back will cause the server to "chase" the toss and move out of proper precontact alignment. A server should think of the ball as an extension of the tossing hand reaching up. The player should "lift" the ball above the tossing hand when the arm is fully extended, with no spin on the ball and no tossing hand wrist action. The toss needs to be in front of the hitting shoulder. As the toss goes up, the hitting arm is drawn back, elbow high and bent with the hand open outward and near the server's ear. The hitting arm swing needs to be rapid and strong, contacting the lower back of the ball with the heel of the open hand, at the hitting arm's fullest extension. The server should immediately assume their normal defensive position on the floor after the serve.