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Benefits of Using a Whiteboard to Run Your Volleyball Practice
There are many benefits to using a whiteboard to run your volleyball practice. Blake Rawlins at VCNebraska explains [...]
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2025 JVA Boys’ All-National Team powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
The JVA is pleased to announce the 70 student athletes selected to the 2025 JVA Boys All-National Team powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles, which recognizes the top male indoor volleyball players competing for a [...]
Sample Club Volleyball Tryout Structure
Running an efficient and effective club volleyball tryout is crucial when evaluating a large group of athletes. A well-structured schedule not only maximizes reps for each player but also ensures coaches have ample opportunity [...]
Technology Solutions: 4 Ways to Protect Your Volleyball Business from the Latest Scam
“Sign in using your Google Account.” It’s a convenient and trusted way to access critical services using your existing Google credentials. Unfortunately, hackers have found a way to weaponize this service and potentially access everything [...]
News
JVA Presents the 2025 JVA Beach Watch List powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
The JVA is pleased to announce the 2025 JVA Beach Watch List presented by VKTRY Performance Insoles that recognizes the top female beach athletes from JVA member clubs this season. Nearly 300 JVA beach [...]
Steve Bailey Returns to JVA
JVA Welcomes Back Steve Bailey as Managing Director of Events & Development We are thrilled to announce the newest addition to our team! Steve Bailey has once again joined JVA; this time as the Managing [...]
JVA Announces the Recipients of the 2025 JVA Athleader Award powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS (May 19, 2025)– The JVA is pleased to announce the male and female student athletes named the 2025 JVA Athleaders powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles. The 27 distinguished honorees display academic excellence, [...]
Club Directors
Sample Club Volleyball Tryout Structure
Running an efficient and effective club volleyball tryout is crucial when evaluating a large group of athletes. A well-structured schedule not only maximizes reps for each player but also ensures coaches have ample opportunity [...]
Technology Solutions: 4 Ways to Protect Your Volleyball Business from the Latest Scam
“Sign in using your Google Account.” It’s a convenient and trusted way to access critical services using your existing Google credentials. Unfortunately, hackers have found a way to weaponize this service and potentially access everything [...]
Best Practices for Running Summer Tryouts: A Guide for Junior Volleyball Club Directors
Summer tryouts are a pivotal time for junior volleyball clubs—setting the tone for the upcoming season, shaping rosters, and influencing player development. As club directors, it’s crucial to ensure tryouts not only comply with [...]
Coaches
Benefits of Using a Whiteboard to Run Your Volleyball Practice
There are many benefits to using a whiteboard to run your volleyball practice. Blake Rawlins at VCNebraska explains how he uses the whiteboard at every practice, and the advantages it gives him as [...]
Recruiting Solutions: The State of Summer Recruiting
There’s a lot of uncertainty in collegiate athletics right now. Things are changing rapidly and it makes it very difficult to truly understand what’s going on, especially for those on the club/youth side of [...]
Coaching Solutions: Tips to Help Your Volleyball Team Side-out in Rotation 1
There is no question that the universal agreement in the game of volleyball is that Rotation #1 is one of the hardest rotations to side-out of for many reasons. Whether it is based on [...]
Boys
2025 JVA Boys’ All-National Team powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
The JVA is pleased to announce the 70 student athletes selected to the 2025 JVA Boys All-National Team powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles, which recognizes the top male indoor volleyball players competing for a [...]
Coaching Solutions: Tips to Help Your Volleyball Team Side-out in Rotation 1
There is no question that the universal agreement in the game of volleyball is that Rotation #1 is one of the hardest rotations to side-out of for many reasons. Whether it is based on [...]
JVA Announces the 2025 JVA Boys’ Watch List powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
(Naperville, Illinois) The JVA is pleased to announce the top male volleyball athletes in the country nominated for the 2025 JVA Boys' Watch List powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles. Nearly 1,300 male indoor junior [...]
Girls
2025 JVA Girls’ All-National Team powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
Naperville, Illinois (June 10, 2025) The JVA is pleased to announce the 83 female student athletes selected to the 2025 JVA All-National Team powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles, which recognizes the top female indoor [...]
Recruiting Solutions: The State of Summer Recruiting
There’s a lot of uncertainty in collegiate athletics right now. Things are changing rapidly and it makes it very difficult to truly understand what’s going on, especially for those on the club/youth side of [...]
4 Steps to Teach Volleyball Athletes How to Navigate Conflict
Conflict in youth volleyball is inevitable—whether it’s frustration between teammates, disagreements on the court, or emotional struggles over playing time. The challenge isn’t eliminating conflict; it’s teaching athletes to handle it productively. Handling conflict [...]
Beach
JVA Presents the 2025 JVA Beach Watch List powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
The JVA is pleased to announce the 2025 JVA Beach Watch List presented by VKTRY Performance Insoles that recognizes the top female beach athletes from JVA member clubs this season. Nearly 300 JVA beach [...]
Inside the NCAA Settlement: Financial Implications for the Future of Collegiate Beach Volleyball
It is the dawn of a new era in collegiate athletics. The landmark NCAA House Settlement has finally been approved. The settlement ends three separate antitrust lawsuits alleging that the NCAA unlawfully limited the [...]
Beach Solutions: How to Run an Effective College Recruiting Showcase for Beach Volleyball
Hosting a beach volleyball college recruiting showcase is one of the most powerful ways to support your athletes’ journey to playing at the collegiate level. But a successful event doesn’t happen by chance—it takes [...]
Culture
3 Ways to Promote Inclusivity in Your Volleyball Club
At the start of every season, coaches establish their coaching philosophies to reflect their team goals. A common team goal is to create and maintain a positive team culture. In order to cultivate a [...]
A Kentucky Club Increasing Opportunity through Mentorship
This year DeMarcus Lewis formed Lexington High Risers to make a change in the Lexington, Kentucky community. As a Personal Trainer and Sports Conditioning Coach he's had the opportunity to train athletes from all sports, [...]
Legacy’s Metro Program Empowers Youth in Communities of New York City
Legacy Volleyball Club was created in December 2011 by Afrolatino community member and advocate, Joel Sanchez, with the mission to serve as a youth empowerment organization that offers various programs in underserved communities, exposing youth [...]
Events
Steve Bailey Returns to JVA
JVA Welcomes Back Steve Bailey as Managing Director of Events & Development We are thrilled to announce the newest addition to our team! Steve Bailey has once again joined JVA; this time as the Managing [...]
Technology Solutions: Understanding Liability for Injuries Off the Court Due to Spectator Violence
Player safety is an ongoing and critical concern in any youth sport. Coaches and players engage in safe practices during practice and play to avoid injuries when possible. While volleyball players do occasionally get [...]
An Official’s Impact: From Volleyball Mom to Volleyball Official
Since she was four years old, Lacy's daughter played basketball, but at the age of 10 she asked to try volleyball. Lacy contacted the local recreation facility and the manager asked if she would [...]
Awards
2025 JVA Boys’ All-National Team powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
The JVA is pleased to announce the 70 student athletes selected to the 2025 JVA Boys All-National Team powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles, which recognizes the top male indoor volleyball players competing for a [...]
JVA Presents the 2025 JVA Beach Watch List powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
The JVA is pleased to announce the 2025 JVA Beach Watch List presented by VKTRY Performance Insoles that recognizes the top female beach athletes from JVA member clubs this season. Nearly 300 JVA beach [...]
2025 JVA Girls’ All-National Team powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
Naperville, Illinois (June 10, 2025) The JVA is pleased to announce the 83 female student athletes selected to the 2025 JVA All-National Team powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles, which recognizes the top female indoor [...]
Training
Coaching Solutions: 4 Ways to Develop Emotional Stability on the Volleyball Court
Mental toughness and emotional stability are important aspects of being a volleyball athlete. Volleyball is a fast-paced game of momentum. In order to better manage the game from a coaching standpoint, teach your [...]
Sample Early Season Performance Training Program
When implementing an early season training program, the first thing to consider is the type of physical activity the participants have recently had, and what place their bodies are in from a fitness perspective [...]
6 Ways to Help Volleyball Athletes with Anxiety and Panic Attacks
In the US, nearly one in three adolescents suffer from an anxiety disorder, and according to the NCAA, 85% of athletes suffer from anxiety or panic attacks. Coaches often spend a significant amount of [...]
Parents
4 Steps to Teach Volleyball Athletes How to Navigate Conflict
Conflict in youth volleyball is inevitable—whether it’s frustration between teammates, disagreements on the court, or emotional struggles over playing time. The challenge isn’t eliminating conflict; it’s teaching athletes to handle it productively. Handling conflict [...]
How to Help Volleyball Student-Athletes Manage Their Social Media Use
Many volleyball coaches, directors and parents didn’t grow up with social media, and have a difficult time knowing what to do with handling the challenges of the new phenomenon or understanding how important it [...]
4 Ways to Manage the Chaos of Volleyball Tournament Travel
Club volleyball teams are constantly on the move. Between multi-day qualifiers and regional tournaments, teams travel nearly every weekend across the state and country. Coaches, club directors, and team parents juggle travel schedules, hotel [...]
Recruiting
Inside the NCAA Settlement: Financial Implications for the Future of Collegiate Beach Volleyball
It is the dawn of a new era in collegiate athletics. The landmark NCAA House Settlement has finally been approved. The settlement ends three separate antitrust lawsuits alleging that the NCAA unlawfully limited the [...]
Recruiting Solutions: The State of Summer Recruiting
There’s a lot of uncertainty in collegiate athletics right now. Things are changing rapidly and it makes it very difficult to truly understand what’s going on, especially for those on the club/youth side of [...]
Beach Solutions: How to Run an Effective College Recruiting Showcase for Beach Volleyball
Hosting a beach volleyball college recruiting showcase is one of the most powerful ways to support your athletes’ journey to playing at the collegiate level. But a successful event doesn’t happen by chance—it takes [...]
Travel
4 Ways to Manage the Chaos of Volleyball Tournament Travel
Club volleyball teams are constantly on the move. Between multi-day qualifiers and regional tournaments, teams travel nearly every weekend across the state and country. Coaches, club directors, and team parents juggle travel schedules, hotel [...]
JVA Proudly Announces the 2023-2024 JVA Challenge Series powered by i6
The JVA is pleased to announce the 25 events named to the 2023-2024 JVA Challenge Series presented by i6. These events are aligned in their commitment to providing an elite, safe and high quality competition [...]
Travel Safety Tips for Volleyball Families
A volleyball trip is around the corner. Our main goal as parents is to get the family there and home safely. However, if something goes wrong on the way, are you ready? Some of us [...]
