NCAA

New NCAA Serve Speed Record! Keoni Thiim sets the all time fastest serve made in an NCAA match.
This is not an official NCAA record because the NCAA does not require any teams to record serve speed. If someone claims to have a faster serve in an NCAA match, I am happy to review the footage and produce another video covering the true NCAA serve speed record.
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[@juicycoke]

Appreciate you translating to km/h, thank you fam. What a beast this guy is

[@OnlyVolleyballFans]

No problem J. Half of my viewers are non-US.

[@gissneric]

Crazy how in college that's a record but when you watch professional leagues 76-80 mph seems to be the average for men of course.

[@gd_godmarc8027]

76-80 way above average. There are just more players who can do it

[@LifelessVeemo]

@@gd_godmarc8027yeah definitely well above the average, it just seems common because of the amount of players which pull it off. It’s important to consider that the speed of a serve is never shown if it isn’t an ace, and the majority of rally-starting topspinners are around 105km/h

[@joshuaelliott3622]

@@gd_godmarc8027pro ball is lighter too

[@gd_godmarc8027]

@@joshuaelliott3622 nope

[@joshuaelliott3622]

@@gd_godmarc8027it’s lighter isn’t it? Definitely feels lighter playing with it overseas now rather than molten back in NCAA

[@akamai25]

Clay was also a UH alumni!

[@Lumiere20]

122km/h on college? holy thats scary

[@corpo238]

i watched this is in real time, absolutely crazy

[@whore4jelly4]

Gabi Garcia, TJ defalco, Nikolov, just to name a few that served this speed and consistently.

[@jackvaccaro1756]

Maybe Gabi…he hit one of the heaviest serves you’ll ever see in college vb. Micah had a bigger serve than TJ though and it was rare for him to get over 70 mph

[@michaeljunior1445]

Yuji Nishida

[@locomojoboy2]

Consistency. Now that is the biggest key. If you’re as INconsistent as Thimm is at his serves, then it doesn’t amount to anything.

[@whore4jelly4]

@@locomojoboy2 exactly, well put

[@entenciastafford]

Awesome

[@OnlyVolleyballFans]

Thanks for subscribing! -Ross

[@Aldinonexilus]

Wow. What an awesome MAN. That MAN is awesome. 👏🏽

[@Bootschnickens]

What an Ace

[@TheHonorableGeoff]

TJ consistently serves in the 70s in college.

[@martinstromberg9952]

I believe the WR is 134 km/hr (83.2 ish)held by both Wilfrefo Leon(Cuba) and Ivan Zaytzev(Italy) Grozer(Germany) also have one around 132(82mph). These are official that I've seen on KZbin

[@crystie1544]

he said college serve

[@defseb8192]

wilfredo leon is polish

[@martinstromberg9952]

@defseb8192 correct he is currently a Polish citizen

[@vegaslimoguy2376]

Still have never seen anyone serve the way one of my high school coaches served. He would serve the ball by putting English on it so it would be just like a curve ball in baseball and cut drastically. It had a really high velocity too. It was very hard to return. He never played professionally or anything. The ball would come in hooking so bad it would be hard to return it, sometimes you wouldn't even know which direction it was going until it was too late.

[@Poopmeiser]

They call it a topspin serve with a tail on it

[@GriffGalore]

Lucky they didn't have radars when Wilt was dominating volleyball

[@thlee3]

did he do the trever bauer sword!?

[@samoanstorm8178]

Gabi Garcia hit that speed every game. Light work for him

[@OnlyVolleyballFans]

I've watched several games where Gabi's serves some serious heat, but unfortunately they didn't speed gun his serves.

[@Kevinn714]

Don’t blink. You’ll miss it

[@ikethespike]

I thought Luke Benson from BYU served at 80 mph last season but I can't find video

[@beachthor1]

Shoutout to my alumni. I’ve consumed many a beer in that arena

[@spezkay81]

Sounded like a shotgun! Jaw is on the floor!

[@cavanrocksyoursocks]

Keoni is definitely impressive at what 170 lbs?

[@HolywaffleMC]

160 something

[@Waynimations]

He’s him

[@kentgodfrey2483]

This is amazing. It is a shame more guys aren't allowed to play volleyball.

[@PoonRaccoon]

yeah you have to be a queer to play

[@samuelyoung2671]

@@PoonRaccoon 😂😂

[@masonandrasko4265]

I believe gabi Garcia hit the 80s at byu

[@dannyosmith2]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJnKmXl6ormSq9U. Multiple times, including at 42:05, the speed didn't even register and the commentator predicted 77 and 80 mph.

[@OnlyVolleyballFans]

I've watched several games where Gabi's serves some serious heat, but unfortunately they didn't speed gun his serves.

[@yutaka731]

Yes he did. This is not a record.

[@OnlyVolleyballFans]

I don’t doubt it. Gabi’s legit. Do you know when he did? I’ll see if I can dig up some footage.

[@BookerT69]

Wow

[@antoniollona-baez5707]

Gabi garcia maybe?

[@bc4281]

I'm pretty sure Gabi Garcia Fernandez for BYU was serving harder a few years ago. I was at the Hawaii Vs. BYU game at Hawaii when he hung 8 aces on the home team in 3 sets.

[@OnlyVolleyballFans]

I watched several of Gabi's matches against Hawaii. While he was serving mid 70s regularly, 76 mph was the highest confirmed speed I could find. If more teams tracked it, I'm sure he would have the record.

[@mariveles]

I remember that match. Hawaii had no answer at the time, and really had to work hard to win 3-2 the next match. Unfortunate Covid cancelled that season for BYU- they just moved to #1

[@FernandoSLima]

I think the actual record it is from Ivan Zaytsev 134km/h

[@davidleary823]

So George Santos really did play volleyball.

[@hastethethird5956]

I'm pretty sure Gabi Garcia (BYU) hit 80 mph on different occasions

[@OnlyVolleyballFans]

I watched a bunch of his matches and I never heard of a confirmed serve above 76. Most teams/gyms don't even have speed guns.

[@evannugent3414]

Kageyama in real life

[@jeezyvert]

Men’s volleyball >>

[@Runtotheborder]

Nice kill, ushijima!

[@devonsales-parno5680]

Jordan canham in Canada hit 78 mph

[@chipbaldwin781]

Dimitar from Csun a couple years back but 81 no?

[@OnlyVolleyballFans]

Very possible, will look into it.

[@alabamaraider726]

If I was on the receiving end of that, I would see his arm move forward and the next thing I would remember would be waking up in the hospital.

[@nolanoshiro2083]

😬😬😬

[@coreytin1167]

Bro says keoni like KEY AH NI

[@michaelmcnerney868]

George Santos’ I hear serves it 77mph

[@juniorkawai6131]

The only thing Santos will be serving is time in JAIL!

[@RossMadden]

Has anyone heard of a faster serve in college volleyball?

[@locomojoboy2]

Yes, Gabi Garcia Fernandez from BYU. He had more serving aces than errors. The difference between him and Thimm is Thimm is inconsistent. Any ace he scores more often than not is then given back to the other team in the form of a service error. Although he has improved his serving this year.

[@QMVBALL]

Yes, in USports in Canada there are a bunch of guys hitting around that Velocity! I can confirm Jordan Canham has served 125km/h (77.7mph) in a game.

[@bod5891]

Gabi. nikolov last year maybe

[@ghostbustthat9688]

@@QMVBALL did you play at Concordia?

[@Scrills]

Anyone else think that serve goes long?? I would’ve moved out of the way to find out lol

[@futsal_fugazi]

I thought so too but I guess in the moment there’s not enough time to assess haha

[@mmq6525]

No shot, the topspin would've dropped it 1 or 2 feet in from the backline

[@GotDamBoi]

holy fuck that was insane

[@MarMaxGaming]

Jesus bro, what an absolute RIP to the ball

[@tendulkarprashad4141]

Ok okinawa

[@noahlee5122]

Saint Francis pa

[@OnlyVolleyballFans]

I played Saint Francis several times when I played for Juniata.

[@Fletchman1313]

So the players with the fastest NCAA serve and the fastest American serve both came from Hawaii? You gotta be kidding.

[@stevenkoja5]

weird swing mechanics, hope he doesnt hurt his shoulder

[@nazarenoorefice2104]

we know that Leon served 82 mph in the italian league, well documented.

[@OnlyVolleyballFans]

Keoni is in college and he's serving just a few mph below the world record. Its amazing and the people who say, "But its not a world record" can all run 4 laps.

[@Andermannn]

A Guy from the university of Alberta hit 126 kph.

[@brandonmcbride7659]

UA isn’t NCAA, but that’s very impressive. They’re saying it’s an NCAA record

[@k22i47]

126kph is around 78mph which isn't that different from the 76mph in this video

[@JTD472]

Fastest serve in college as far as you’re concerned? What? Is it or not?

[@OnlyVolleyballFans]

I looked for faster serves. I found some that were comparable, but they either didn't speed gun it or the speed gun didn't register. Gabi from BYU has also served 76 mph, confirmed by speed gun. Thiim and Gabi hold the record... as far as I'm concerned.

[@VanessaDeMello-xi4ji]

😢 yah, Well now that serve belongs to BYU, just saying.....

[@blainebortuga1611]

How the hell do you even play volleyball these days

[@bryanmartinelli9481]

that is just unfair lol

[@BetterKnownAsDK]

How are you just making up records without checking lol

[@OnlyVolleyballFans]

Only a few teams even measure it and they have only been doing it for a couple years, so if the internet can't produce evidence of a faster serve, then 76 mph is a record and its hard to argue otherwise.

[@nolanoshiro2083]

could have used some aces in the tournament. he barely got any balls in

[@TheGreatGuy_]

imagin ebeing a voleyball fan

[@Diego-Delgado]

I used to serve around 95 mph in college

[@OnlyVolleyballFans]

Bold claim, where did you go to college?

[@Diego-Delgado]

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[@davidshen5408]

isner served 157 mph, a lot higher than 76 mph

[@blue84freak]

I served 95 in an NCAA match

[@JoseGonzalez-jz1le]

Nigga. What potato system did u use to record this? Lol

[@tiprifleson3544]

Remind me not to get punched by a volleyball player.

[@ghosttowntomato]

I feel like I’ve SEEN ones that look faster though…