JVA Partners with A Better Way Athletics to promote and Enhance Healthy Parent-Coach Engagement
New Partnership is designed to promote and enhance healthy parent-coach [...]
6 Ways to Virtually Build Your Team and Club Culture
In these current times, the hardest and most ironic unifier [...]
From the JVA Office: Facing Rejection and Taking Risks
Rejection comes in many shapes, scenarios and forms. The struggle that comes with rejection causes some to fear rejection and avoid the hard situations, and instead they remove themselves from the chance to fail. But playing it safe only limits...
5 Ways to Prevent Entitlement in Youth Sports
Entitlement is unfortunately becoming more prevalent in youth sports today, and we have no one to blame but ourselves. Young athletes feel as if they “deserve” certain consideration regardless of preparation or effort. Parents, coaches, mentors, grandparents, leaders of young...
From the JVA Office: How Small Clubs Thrive in a Competitive Market
The size of the club will not break your success; a small mindset will. The increase in junior volleyball participation has led to growth in the number of junior volleyball clubs. New clubs are forming, large clubs are acquiring smaller...
5 Ways to Train Your Athletes to LOVE to COMPETE
If you have played or coached sports long enough you know that not every win is notated in the win column, and not every loss is in a column either. If your will to compete is diminished, that’s going...
From the JVA Office: Keep the GREAT Coaches Coaching
GREAT coaches are leaving the coaching world. Not because they're ready to retire after a long, polished career. GREAT coaches are quitting. GREAT coaches are being pushed out. GREAT coaches are realizing it's unfortunately not all about the athletes. Let's dive into four ways to keep the GREAT coaches coaching, along with some advice for coaches who are facing a challenge.
5 Ways to Help Your Team Find Passion
Coaches have many opportunities to make a positive impact on the lives of student athletes, and help them to understand the passion of not only volleyball, but the other aspects of life. Here are five ways to help the athletes...
A5 Trains and Competes in Japan: Key Takeaways for Coaches and Directors
Over Thanksgiving of this year, A5 was fortunate to travel to Japan with a select group of 16 athletes from three different age groups. The trip to Japan marked the club's 9th international outing, and from a volleyball perspective, was in many ways the most impactful trip to date. Club Director Bob Westbrook shares the important takeaways from a coach's and club director's perspective.
From the JVA Office: Making Safety a Priority
Safety of our youth is an extremely important focus in the news, in political discussions, among school meetings, and at the dinner table. The JVA is also prioritizing the safety of the junior volleyball athletes to provide the proper resources...