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Recruiting Solutions: 6 Steps to Get Recruited to Play College Beach Volleyball
Transitioning from indoor to beach volleyball comes with its own set of challenges and opportunities, but with the right [...]
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Business Solutions: 3 Effective Ways to Budget for Refund Requests
In the dynamic world of volleyball, unpredictability is part of the game. From sudden injuries to personal circumstances, clubs often face refund requests that can pose significant financial challenges. To navigate these uncertainties, clubs [...]
Recruiting Solutions: 4 Things to Know Heading Into the Contact and Evaluation Period
Two months ago, we were preparing for the club season to start, the holiday break hit us, and boom, it’s mid-February when the Evaluation Period and Contact Period begin. UPPERCLASSMEN (juniors and seniors in [...]
TeamLVC Wins JVA Club of the Month
TeamLVC is committed to growing the sport of volleyball not only at the juniors club level, but also at the top and bottom of the volleyball spectrum. In 2004 TeamLVC formed as a [...]
News
JVA Releases Slate of Events for 2023 JVA Challenge Series presented by i6
The JVA is pleased to announce the 29 events named to the 2023 JVA Challenge Series presented by i6. All JVA Challenge Series hosts share in the JVA’s ideology to provide a high quality, safe [...]
JVA Proudly Presents the 2022-2023 JVA Sponsor Clubs
The JVA is thrilled to announce the 52 JVA Sponsor Clubs for the upcoming 2022-2023 indoor junior volleyball indoor season. After taking a pause in mid 2020 amidst the pandemic, the JVA is pleased to [...]
2022 JVA Boys All-National Team Announced
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (June 20, 2022) The JVA is pleased to announce the 56 student athletes selected to the 2022 JVA Boys All-National Team powered by Fivestar, which recognizes the top male indoor volleyball players competing [...]
Club Directors
JVA Announces the 2023-2024 JVA Sponsor Clubs
The JVA is pleased to announce the JVA Sponsor Clubs for the 2023-2024 indoor junior volleyball indoor season. In the 7th year of the JVA Sponsor Program, the JVA will give back a total of [...]
Risk Management Solutions: Essential Documentation for a Volleyball Club’s Overall Ability to Safeguard
*Information provided in this article is not to be considered a substitute for legal advice. Readers are strongly encouraged to seek the advice of a licensed attorney familiar with youth sport laws and regulations within [...]
Risk Management Solutions: 13 Legal Duties and Responsibilities for Volleyball Clubs
Managing risk is an integral part of sports and is accomplished through developing a risk management program. It requires leaders to prioritize the safety and welfare of participants, fulfill ethical and legal obligations, and create [...]
Coaches
Coaching Mental Performance: Effective Feedback During Training
When we look at how coaches are specifying feedback to the athletes, we can engage in a conversation of what stage of learning the athletes are in for any given skill. Sometimes we find that [...]
12 Creative Scoring Ideas To Encourage Competitive Practices
The season is filled with opportunities to win and lose during tournament play. Most clubs organize some sort of scrimmage or intra-club competition early in the season to prepare their teams for the first tournament, [...]
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. [...]
Boys
From the JVA Office: JVA Hosts First Boys Summit in Chicago
One of the resources that JVA brings to our members is advocacy. A conversation that is continually brought up by our Boys Club Directors and coaches is a dissatisfaction with the current split season for [...]
6 Simple Ways to Explain Statistics to Volleyball Athletes So They Will Understand
Statistics are important. Quality statistics have the potential to provide some level of objective performance data. However, a cautionary note should be attached to any statistic that you use. Statistics that are relevant to [...]
Club Cactus Juniors Wins JVA Club of the Month
Club Cactus Juniors (CCJ) was formed in 1992 by Corey Morishita, making the club the second-longest running junior volleyball club in Arizona. The mission of the club was to raise the volleyball in Southern Arizona [...]
Girls
Recruiting Solutions: Understanding the Rules Regarding Face to Face Communication at a Tournament
Club season is in full swing and during a given tournament weekend, the courts are crowded with players, parents and college coaches. Everyone is constantly intermingling throughout the tournament. In order to assist junior volleyball [...]
2022 JVA Watch List powered by Fivestar is Released
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The JVA proudly announces the 2022 JVA Watch List powered by Fivestar featuring over 2,800 girls indoor junior volleyball athletes from 200 JVA member clubs. The players nominated are among the best in [...]
The Benefits of Legs Up the Wall for Volleyball Athletes
Yoga is a very comprehensive physical practice. It can be very rigorous or very relaxing. In a rigorous practice you might see inversions - meaning turning upside down. There are many benefits of this concept [...]
Beach
The BVCA Club Challenge Series Events Announced for the 2021 Season
In collaboration with the BVCA, the JVA is excited to announce the 11 events in the 2021 BVCA Club Challenge Series powered by the JVA. Now in its third year, more beach clubs are adapting [...]
Training Proper Vertical Setting in Beach Volleyball
Many high school players are side setters, which may work indoors, but it can be problematic on the beach. Side setting is when you are more parallel along the net and vision is also more [...]
JVA Presents the Club Management Education Track at the 2020 AVCA Convention
The JVA is pleased to present the Club Management Education Track at the 2020 AVCA Convention. In addition to an outstanding line-up of virtual classroom sessions for Club Directors, the JVA is also sponsoring two [...]
Culture
A Driving Force in the Volleyball World
I think we can all agree that Social Media Platforms have taken over as the main mode of information dissemination for both business and personal use. We have discovered over the past few years how extremely important our social media...
Early Season Team Meeting, Training and Cohesion
TAV 14 Black has many rules that it follows each year to compete for Championships. The team is constructed in a manor to play at the highest level with the least amount of distractions. When choosing a team, we take into...
7 Steps to Implement a Code of Ethics in Your Volleyball Club
Having been the President of Eastside Volleyball Club for the last 22 years, having served on a High School Board of Education during the Columbine shooting, and having been affiliated in many community youth organizations for the previous 40 years, I am...
Events
The East Coast is Calling as JVA Announces the JVA Charm City Challenge
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (June 7, 2021) The JVA is pleased to announce that it is headed east to host the JVA Charm City Challenge presented by Nike February 5-6, 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland. The event will [...]
Recruiting Solutions: Historically Black Colleges and Opportunities for Athletes of Color
The social and economic barriers to high-level volleyball training and exposure to recruiting opportunities are clear. The high costs of club dues, travel, and time commitments often exclude low-income athletes from high-level training and the [...]
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 [...]
Awards
JVA Announces the 2022 JVA Athleaders powered by Fivestar
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (May 16, 2022)– The JVA is pleased to announce the 2022 JVA Athleaders powered by Fivestar to celebrate the success of an impressive group of male and female indoor and beach junior [...]
Dakine Volleyball Club Wins JVA Club of the Month
In 2015, Dakine Warriors started as three four-day summer camps as a way for Chris Hannemann to rehab from a torn achilles. He started with about 7-10 kids per camp who had some fun learning [...]
SynergyForce Wins JVA Club of the Month
SynergyForce was founded as “CalSynergy” in 2009. The club had 7 teams and struggled to obtain enough practice space. In 2012, CalSynergy merged with “Force” and became “SynergyForce,” securing its own training facility and [...]
Training
Why Ankle Mobility is Critical to Preventing Injuries in Volleyball Athletes
Athletic performance is an impressive combination of muscle contractions guided by the central nervous system that cause joint actions to move in a specific manner, therefore accomplishing specified tasks. These tasks can be as [...]
2 Reasons Why Dynamic Yoga is Essential for Volleyball Athletes in Preseason
Yoga in its simplest form literally means to “yoke” the breath with the movement. To join them together. We all breathe innately. Our bodies are awesome machines that function well without our help. However, by [...]
3 Components that are Essential to Training the Vertical Jump
Volleyball is a sport where an athlete's vertical jump can make all the difference in performance whether it's blocking, attacking, or making a great defensive save. Here are three components necessary to elevate your vertical [...]
Parents
How to Create Better Sports Parents
Parents can set the precedent for the athlete's mental toughness. How parents behave and communicate before an event, during an event and after an event is the precedent that is set. It's important for a club director and coach to foster a learning environment for the parents so they can develop positive sports parenting habits. Here's a good place to start.
From the JVA Office: The Impact of the D1 Recruiting Legislation Changes
With new recruiting legislation comes a host of adjustments for both the student-athletes, the clubs and the college coaches; and this isn’t a static thing. The challenge is to figure out how it affects the athletes' recruiting timelines and how coaches can put young athletes in a position to be successful and empowered given the current rules. Here is information on the most recent changes to NCAA Division I recruiting legislation as of August 2018, and the proposed changes that, if approved, could take effect in 2019, and some points of emphasis to communicate with the student-athletes in your club who are pursuing the opportunity to play at the collegiate level.
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...
Recruiting
5 Key Differences Between High School and College Volleyball
The transition from high school to college can be a major adjustment. For the first time in your life, you move away from home and learn how to live on your own. It’s your sole [...]
The role of the college volleyball coach in the admission process
Ask college volleyball coaches, parents and athletes what the role of the college volleyball coach in the admission process is and there’s a good chance you’ll get different answers. Athletes and parents often think that [...]
What Does It Take to Play Men’s Collegiate Volleyball?
It's no secret that there is a direct correlation between the growth of boys volleyball and the growth of men's college volleyball. Men's collegiate volleyball has grown exponentially, adding new programs every year, and has [...]
Travel
AAU and JVA Unite to Create West Coast Boys Championship
This June the AAU and JVA are joining forces to run the AAU Boys West Coast Championships, a competitive boy's volleyball tournament in Anaheim, CA. The two organizations joining together to run an event is nothing short of promising for the future of boys volleyball.
Attracting the Multi-Sport Athletes to Your Club
There are many factors that multi-sport athletes look for when choosing a volleyball club. Many clubs have found ways to appeal to the multi-sport athlete, and VC Nebraska is one of them. Based on the club's demographics, VC Nebraska made some adjustments in order to attract multi-sport athletes to the club. Based on her experience, Club Director Maggie Griffin shares three ways to attract the multi-sport athletes to your club.
5 Methods for Collecting Unpaid Club Dues
Now that club season has arrived, most club directors know that they’ll be facing some issues with the timely collection of club dues, travel fees, camp fees, etc. during some course of the season. There are no easy solutions...
