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Business Solutions: Workers’ Compensation for Club Volleyball Staff
Club volleyball coaches and Officials are usually independent contractors paid by clubs or associations. This employment structure helps clubs [...]
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An Athleader’s Journey: Turning Expectation into Joy
Caitlin moved to a new school during the COVID-19 pandemic, and did not have many close friends. Her parents both played volleyball when they were younger, and suggested that she try out for the [...]
10 Tryout Tips for Volleyball Players: The Skill Checklist
Trying out for a volleyball team can be both exciting and nerve-wracking—for players eager to show their skills and for parents hoping to see their child succeed. Whether you're stepping onto the court for [...]
Coaching Solutions: Serve Receive Tactics to Consider for Your Volleyball Team
</ Serve receive is essential to a team's success. There are tactics you can apply as a coach to adjust your team's serve receive strategy such as: Your teams's passers strengths and weaknesses Set [...]
News
Beach Volleyball Clubs of America (BVCA) and JVA Forge Transformative Partnership with Volleyball Life
Milwaukee, WI, January 3, 2024– The Beach Volleyball Clubs of America (BVCA) and the Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) are thrilled to announce a groundbreaking collaboration with Volleyball Life, ushering in a new era of excellence [...]
From the JVA Office: JVA Gives Back
When JVA began in 2006 with a volunteer board and one event, we had no staff. We met in 2009 for a strategic planning session and wrote our mission. Our main goal was to [...]
JVA Proudly Announces the Recipients of the 2023 JVA Junior Club Service Award
"Coaching is releasing a person’s potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them." ~Unknown The JVA is pleased to announce the 28 individuals honored with the [...]
Club Directors
Technology Solutions: How to Protect Your Volleyball Club from a DDoS Attack
Can a DDoS attack cripple A volleyball club? You bet! See how hackers forced this small firm to shut its doors overnight. In 2013, a promising software development hosting company, called Code Spaces, launched [...]
Considerations for the Boys Indoor Junior Volleyball Season
Indoor volleyball is the #1 team participatory sport in high school and college for girls. Over the past five years, boys indoor high school volleyball has been the fastest growing team sport by percentage [...]
NIL Basics for Volleyball Club Directors, Coaches, and Parents
Preparing Your Volleyball Athletes for Future Opportunities With Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) now a part of the college sports landscape, volleyball athletes have the opportunity to benefit financially from their personal brand. While [...]
Coaches
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 strategy, you can increase your chances of getting recruited for college beach volleyball. Here's a [...]
3 Tips for End of Season Practices
As season winds down and the National Championship approaches, it's important for coaches to run deliberate practices, designed to help their team improve performance. PVF Orlando Valkries Head Coach, Amy Pauly shares what their [...]
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 [...]
Boys
High Performance STL Wins JVA Club of the Month
The 2020 season marked High Performance STL’s 20th season. Beginning in 2000 the club was founded as a boy’s club by a group of likeminded individuals that all had common values and goals. They had [...]
26 Student Athletes Honored as 2020 Ultra Ankle JVA AthLeaders
The JVA is pleased to announce the indoor junior volleyball athletes selected as 2020 Ultra Ankle® JVA AthLeaders. This year the JVA awards committee has selected 6 male and 20 female student athletes who are [...]
JVA Releases 2020 Ultra Ankle® JVA Boys Watch List
The JVA is proud to announce the 2020 Ultra Ankle® JVA Boys Watch List featuring 299 male junior volleyball athletes from JVA member clubs across the country. The featured athletes were selected by their respective [...]
Girls
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 [...]
Recruiting Solutions: 4 Things to Know Heading Into the Contact and Evaluation Period
Two months ago, we were preparing for the club volleyball season to start, the holiday break hit us, and boom, now we're in the Evaluation Period. UPPERCLASSMEN (juniors and seniors in high school), hopefully, [...]
Beach
Beach Solutions: Running a Year-Round Beach Program with an Indoor Program
Tidewater Volleyball Association took a different approach when the club created their Juniors Beach Division, named 757 Beach. Over the past 10 years, as Kristina Wojieck-Stein observed the club landscape, she saw several different models [...]
JVA Expands its Opportunities for Beach Competition with the BVCA Club Challenge Series
The JVA is pleased to announce the slate of events that comprise the 2022-2023 BVCA Club Challenge Series powered by the JVA. The fifth year of the series follows the trend of geographic growth and [...]
2022 JVA Best in Beach powered by Fivestar
(July 7, 2022. Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The JVA is pleased to announce the 2022 JVA Best in Beach powered by Fivestar that recognizes the nation’s top female JVA beach athletes for outstanding achievement during the [...]
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
2022 JVA Club Management Track and Convention Highlights
Competition makes us better, but collaboration is the glue to success. JVA Club Directors and Coaches compete against one another across the net all season long, but behind the scenes they are working together to [...]
JVA Launches the Officials Reward Program to Recognize and Reward the Service of Officials
The JVA is thrilled to launch the JVA Officials Reward Program (ORP) designed to recruit, retain and reward Officials that support JVA Volleyball Events. Through this program, Officials will be recognized for reaching a certain [...]
Northeast Point Series Creates a New Power League to Advance Boys Volleyball in the Northeast
The Northeast Point Series is entering its inaugural season with the creation of a boys power league hosted by its four founding clubs (1) Niagara Frontier Volleyball (Buffalo, NY), (2) A-10 Volleyball (Pittsburgh, PA), (3) [...]
Awards
Elite Volleyball Training Center Wins JVA Club of the Month
Elite Volleyball Training Center was founded in 2007 by current club co-directors and husband/wife team, Randy and Jackie Cline. The club started with only 10 girls and quickly grew from one team to [...]
JVA Proudly Announces the Recipients of the 2023 JVA Junior Club Service Award
"Coaching is releasing a person’s potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them." ~Unknown The JVA is pleased to announce the 28 individuals honored with the [...]
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 [...]
Training
Coaching Mental Performance: The Neurobiology of Development and a Coach’s Impact
As coaches, our goal is to facilitate a “safe” environment not just so the athlete does not get hurt, but so they learn healthy attachment, which in turn helps them positively adapt their game to [...]
Are your volleyball athletes doing the wrong kind of yoga?
All athletes, no matter the sport, have a training program that changes throughout the year. There is a base period (pre-season), a build period (in-season), a peak/competitive period (post-season), and an off period (off-season). Strength, [...]
Pre-Season Yoga for Volleyball Athletes
An athlete’s yoga practice should change according to their season, just like their training regimen does. During the pre-season, athletes are in preparation mode. Their practice times start to increase and training starts to intensify. [...]
Parents
Create a Game Plan for the SAT or ACT
Only about 5.5% of women and 4.6% of men that play volleyball at the high school level go on to play in college, and college coaches absolutely take into consideration grades and standardized test scores when recruiting. Therefore scoring high on the...
Train for Competition Beyond the Ball
To fully prepare athletes for competition, coaches should be training the mind along with training the physical aspects of the game. A team's physical performance is a direct reflection of the quality of physical training. A team's mental readiness is a direct reflection of the emphasis placed on training the mind. Here are five ways to begin to train your team beyond the ball.
Are volleyball scholarships guaranteed for four years?
It’s no secret that the volleyball recruiting process can get complicated, especially when it comes to athletic scholarships. One question many athletes wonder is whether volleyball scholarships are even guaranteed for four years. Find out the answer to this...
Recruiting
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 [...]
Recruiting Solutions: Dispelling the Myths of Junior College Volleyball
Santa Fe College located in Gainesville, Florida was built from the ground up, with its first ever season in 2014. Rather than share advice on videos and recruiting tips, this piece advocates an overlooked opportunity [...]
How to show volleyball coaches your coachability during the recruiting dead period
The NCAA Division 1 Council Coordination Committee extended the recruiting dead period for all sports through August 31, further delaying recruiting activity this summer for many athletes and college programs. However, there are still things [...]
Travel
Securing a Hotel Block for Your Volleyball Event Without a Stay to Play Policy
The U.S. hotel industry has seen eight straight years in revenue growth, and forecasts point to the highest hotel occupancies in 2018 since the 1980’s. In general, hotel room rates seem higher than in the past – and they are! There...
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.
