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Lights Out Volleyball Provides Communities with Access to Opportunity, Education, and Purpose Through Volleyball
Lights Out Volleyball (LOV) was born in 2019 from a simple yet powerful vision from founder Harshil Thaker, to [...]
Blog Categories
An Official’s Impact: Changing the Narrative By Teaching the Next Generation
When Daniel was 10 years old a friend from school invited him to play volleyball because his team needed one more player. Although he'd never played before, his friend assured him it was easy, [...]
JVA Grant Supports FaR Out’s Inclusive Volleyball Vision with Special Olympics
Two years ago, FaR Out Volleyball Club partnered with Special Olympics Michigan to create a volleyball program to build lifelong relationships and teach lessons that extend far beyond the court. Through support from the [...]
Business Solutions: Navigating Tryout Stress and Related Lawsuits
No matter how long you’ve been in the game, tryouts evoke a range of emotions — excitement about building this season’s team, apprehension about which athletes will show up for tryouts, anticipation for helping [...]
News
JVA Announces a Partnership with VKTRY Performance Insoles to Help Junior Volleyball Athletes Enhance Performance and Reduce Injuries
The Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) is pleased to announce a partnership with VKTRY Performance Insoles that will allow junior volleyball players to take their game to the next level. Made from full-length, 100% aerospace-grade [...]
Top Male Volleyball Athletes Nominated for the 2024 JVA Watch List powered by Fivestar
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The JVA is pleased to announce the top male volleyball athletes in the country nominated for the 2024 JVA Boys' Watch List powered by Fivestar. Hundreds of boys indoor junior volleyball athletes [...]
Top Female Volleyball Athletes Nominated for the 2024 JVA Watch List powered by Fivestar
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The JVA is pleased to announce the top female volleyball athletes in the country nominated for the 2024 JVA Watch List powered by Fivestar. Over _____ female indoor junior volleyball athletes from [...]
Club Directors
Business Solutions: Creative Ways to Fill a Volleyball Facility During Off Peak Hours
During the club season, Club Directors who lease or own a facility are faced with the challenge of filling the courts to create additional revenue streams and pay the bills. Club team practices fill [...]
Technology Solutions: 10 Reasons Your Club Needs Cybersecurity Insurance
In the fall of 2024, average weekly attacks per organization increased by 75% compared to the year before, and big business is not the most attractive target. Small businesses with less than 100 [...]
The Academy Boiler Juniors Wins JVA Club of the Month
Boiler Juniors was founded in 2014 by a group of coaches and parents passionate about sharing the game of volleyball with others, including John Shondell (former Assistant Coach at Purdue University, and current [...]
Coaches
An Official’s Impact: Leading a New Generation of the Volleyball Community
While playing in an adult league in her late twenties Shannon saw that the league was looking for referees, so she signed up. A few months later, an Official saw her reffing an adult [...]
Recruiting Solutions: 3 Important Updates for Volleyball Recruiting Coordinators and Prospective Student Athletes
In my D1 college coaching days, the NCAA rules were always difficult to navigate. I always did my best to understand the rules and represent my universities to the best of my abilities. The [...]
3 Benefits of Upper Body Strength Training for Volleyball Athletes
It can be easy to focus on the lower body when training for volleyball. All of the jumping, fast reactions and explosive movements that happen on the court are started by the lower [...]
Boys
JVA Sets its Sight on Detroit for an Inaugural Boys Event
The JVA is excited to announce that it is hosting its first boys event, the JVA Showdown in Motown presented by Nike December 11-12, 2021 in Detroit, Michigan. The event will bring in top teams [...]
An AthLeader’s Journey: Driven to Lead
A Feature on 2020 Ultra Ankle® JVA AthLeader Senior Opposite/Right Side Ian Glashagel from Club 1 Volleyball Within the first week of 8th grade at his new school, the district announced that it was creating [...]
Recruiting Updates for Volleyball Athletes, Recruiting Coordinators and Coaches
If you’re a volleyball athlete, club recruiting coordinator, or coach you’ve undoubtedly dealt with many changes in the past few months regarding the coronavirus and how it has affected the volleyball recruiting process. It’s an [...]
Girls
JVA Honors Student Athletes with the 2024 JVA Athleader Award
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (May 20, 2024)– The JVA is pleased to announce the exceptional group of student athletes named as 2024 JVA Athleaders powered by Fivestar. The 25 distinguished male and female volleyball players also [...]
Elevate Your Volleyball Game: 3 Key Strategies for Performance Enhancement
Volleyball is an intense sport that demands agility, speed, and explosive power from its players. Whether you're an experienced athlete or a beginner, there are always ways to enhance your performance on the court. [...]
Recruiting Solutions: 4 Ways to Guide Your Athletes During the Recruiting Process
The volleyball recruiting process is far different from just a few years ago when the newest club and high school coaches navigated the process themselves as student athletes. The evolution of recruiting services, social [...]
Beach
2023 JVA Best in Beach powered by Fivestar
(July 10, 2023. Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The JVA is pleased to announce the 2023 JVA Best in Beach powered by Fivestar that recognizes the nation’s top female JVA beach athletes for outstanding achievement during the [...]
2023 JVA Beach Watch List powered by Fivestar
(July 3, 2023. Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The JVA is pleased to announce the 2023 JVA Beach Watch List presented by Fivestar that recognizes the top female beach athletes from JVA member clubs this season. Over 260 [...]
Optimum Beach Wins JVA Club of the Month
Optimum Beach was established in 2014 as a high level beach volleyball training program with an international approach. Director Pri Piantadosi-Lima recognized early on that there was a need for a more dynamic approach to [...]
Culture
Fun Ways to Build a Competitive Culture in Your Gym
A couple of years ago I began to notice that this generation of players seem to back away from inter-team and player to player competition more than in years past. I felt like we needed to add something into our...
The Vacation Mindset of Beach Volleyball and It’s Positive Impact on Juniors
Lets kick off the shoes, and toss those stinky knee pads. Lets hang up the jerseys and grab a tank top. Oh, and on your way out the door, don't forget your favorite hat, sunglasses and flip flops as we head to the beach! Let's look at 3 reasons beach volleyball is growing in popularity, because let's face it, everyone wants to head to the beach.
3 Keys to Creating a Strong Club Culture
Matt Linebarger only needs a moment to answer a question about his club’s culture. Club Savannah Volleyball in Georgia doesn’t have the luxury to turn any passionate player away, he says. “Savannah is very small,” says Linebarger, the...
Events
An Official’s Impact: Affecting the Younger Generation in a Positive Way
"When both teams have enjoyed the match win or lose and basically you’ve been invisible, you know that you’ve done a good job." Mark Eckart's volleyball life started as a player in elementary school in [...]
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 [...]
JVA Raises $20,000 for the Side-Out Foundation at the JVA World Challenge
The JVA is a proud supporter of the Side-Out Foundation and the Dig Pink® Program. Every year the JVA commits to raising funds for the Side-Out Foundation in order to support research specifically for patients [...]
Awards
Top Male Volleyball Athletes Nominated for the 2024 JVA Watch List powered by Fivestar
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The JVA is pleased to announce the top male volleyball athletes in the country nominated for the 2024 JVA Boys' Watch List powered by Fivestar. Hundreds of boys indoor junior volleyball athletes [...]
Mamba Volleyball Academy Wins JVA Club of the Month
Mamba all started with a crazy dream: building a club that empowers young male athletes to become not just skilled players, but also incredible leaders on and off the court. [...]
Top Female Volleyball Athletes Nominated for the 2024 JVA Watch List powered by Fivestar
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The JVA is pleased to announce the top female volleyball athletes in the country nominated for the 2024 JVA Watch List powered by Fivestar. Over _____ female indoor junior volleyball athletes from [...]
Training
Give your athletes the tools to improve their mental health
Athletes are a different breed of human, but they are still human. They deal with the daily stress of school, life, and playing their sport. They have emotions, anxiety, struggle, mental blocks, and self doubt. [...]
Coaching Mental Performance: Developing Rapport
It has been established that a good coach-athlete relationship is paramount for positive performance outcomes at the elite sport level (Gould & Maynard, 2009; Jowett & Shanmugam, 2016; Werthner & Coleman, 2009). In fact, [...]
Keeping Athletes Healthy This Winter
Flu season is upon us now. Since athletes are often around many other people when training or playing, they are more likely to be exposed to infection or virus. It’s crucial for athletes to stay [...]
Parents
Four ways to get recruited if you’re not from a hotbed region
Like it or not, recruiting hotbeds are a real thing. When it comes to volleyball, California, Chicagoland, Louisville, Indianapolis and Texas tend to be the areas most commonly recruited by college coaches. But if you’re not from those areas...
JVA Safety Policy
Our young athletes deserve to be safe. You are practicing good risk management by In having policies and procedures in place to protect your members. The JVA prioritizes the safety of junior volleyball athletes by providing the proper resources and...
6 Ways to Keep Parents Actively Involved in Your Club
Club Directors and club staff wear many hats throughout the club season, and oftentimes are juggling tasks that can be assigned to parent volunteers. Finding way to involve parents can not only take tasks off of the club director's plate, but also allow the Head Coach and Assistant Coach to focus more on player development, planning practice, and managing the team. Here are six ways to incorporate parent volunteers this season.
Recruiting
Recruiting Solutions: 5 Ways to Stay Connected to Division II College Programs
At this point most athletes, as well college volleyball coaches are tired of virtual recruiting. It has been challenging to evaluate skill, athletic ability, and character through a device rather than in person. However, there [...]
6 Steps to Keep Volleyball Student Athletes on Track for Academic Eligibility
For millions of parents and high school students, college athletics is the gold standard they dream of. To accomplish that dream, they pour their heart and soul into training, travel, and equipment. However, there’s [...]
Recruiting Solutions: 3 Ways to Respond to the DI Recruiting Changes
“Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a [...]
Travel
2019 JVA Challenge Series
The JVA is now accepting applications for the 2019 JVA Challenge Series, a series of elite tournaments hosted by JVA member clubs across the country. Learn how you can be a part of the nation's elite volleyball events.
UK Training Program Finds Niche Through Camps
Volleyball is still a minority sport in England, despite a respectable record for British athletes having played ball at North American universities and in European professional leagues. Host nation entitlement to enter a team in the 2012 Olympics created a spike...
From the JVA Office: The Official Impact of a Volleyball Event
There are two keys to hosting a high quality volleyball event: (1) having competitive teams who elevate the level of play and (2) having great officials who love and understand the game. It is of utmost importance for the JVA to make...
