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An Official’s Impact: Celebrating the Success of the Next Generation One TikTok Video at a Time
At a young age, Monica Wang's dad would toss the volleyball to her until she was skilled enough to [...]
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Burnout in Volleyball Leaders: 3 Mindset Shifts to Help
I have a tremendous affinity for youth and junior volleyball club directors. I will interchange the term “leader” for “club director” often for, to me, I believe you are one and the same. I [...]
Business Solutions: 3 Ways to Collect Feedback from Club Parents and Coaches
In the dynamic realm of youth volleyball, fostering a thriving community involves not only the growth of aspiring athletes but also the active engagement of parents. Recognizing the pivotal role parents play in the [...]
5 Ways to Help Volleyball Athletes Prepare for Practice and Competition With Mental Performance Strategies
Athletes feel pressure from many different areas and often create high expectations based on those pressures that ultimately affect their confidence. In working with a mental performance coach, athletes learn how to mentally prepare for [...]
News
Niagara Frontier Volleyball Club Wins JVA Club of the Month
Back in 2005 a number of local girls clubs merged together to establish the Niagara Frontier Volleyball Club. The goal was to expand Junior Club volleyball in the Western New York region by offering [...]
The 2022 JVA All-National Team powered by Fivestar is Released
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (June 6, 2022) The JVA is pleased to announce the 84 student athletes selected to the 2022 JVA All-National Team powered by Fivestar, which recognizes the top female indoor volleyball players competing [...]
JVA and AAU Join Together to Host the Chi-Town Boys Challenge
The JVA is pleased to announce a collaboration with the AAU to co-host the Chi-Town Boys Challenge November 19-21, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. The event is expected to bring over 350 boys volleyball teams from [...]
Club Directors
Cost Analysis for Effective HR Strategies in Youth Volleyball
Success in youth volleyball clubs is a multi-faceted endeavor. While athlete performance is paramount, the role of a strong management team cannot be overstated. Effective HR strategies are critical to this equation. In a previous [...]
The Importance of Human Resources Strategies in Youth Volleyball
When it comes to youth sports, many organizations focus on the athletes' performance, neglecting the importance of a strong management team. Having the right people in place is crucial in providing the best experiences for [...]
The Valley Heat League Grows Rapidly in California’s Central Valley Community
The Valley Heat League in Fresno, California was founded in 2021, forming a Girls League and Boys League in the first year. The Girls Valley Heat League began with 10 clubs and 49 teams, and [...]
Coaches
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, the [...]
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 [...]
Signs, Symptoms and Resources for Concussions in Volleyball
Volleyball is growing in popularity all over the world. While it's not a high contact sport like football and ice hockey, the combination of high speed hits and aggressive diving and defense pose a high [...]
Boys
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 [...]
Steps to Navigate the Transfer Process and the NCAA Transfer Portal
The landscape of the volleyball recruiting process continues to evolve, and the relationship that the junior volleyball coaches and recruiting coordinators have with the student athletes is as valuable as it has ever been. Recruiting [...]
Division1 Volleyball Club Wins JVA Club of the Month
Division1 VBC was founded in 2007 by Andrea and Shane Davis. At the time, Shane was the Head Coach at Loyola University Chicago (currently the Northwestern Women’s Coach) and his now wife Andrea had spent [...]
Girls
Recruiting Solutions: The Evolution of the Transfer Portal
The NCAA Transfer Portal is transformational in collegiate athletics. It was established October 15, 2018 as an online interface to systematically manage the transfer process from start to finish, add more transparency to the process [...]
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 [...]
Beach
5 Keys to Forearm Passing in Beach Volleyball
Teaching the keys to good consistent passing can help young athletes become stronger partners. Here are 5 passing keys to apply on and off the court to help beach athletes improve their game from the [...]
Excel in the Sand with these Footwork Tips from Beach Nation
"Most people believe that an improved jump by itself will translate into more effective hitting. Hops help but a more impactful focus on would be to develop great footwork." - Reid Priddy, 4-time USA Men's [...]
The Basics of Back Row Defense in Beach Volleyball
At Beach Nation we teach and believe that it is important for a team to consistently set up in the same spot on defense once the ball is put into play. This is irrespective of [...]
Culture
Building a Club Culture
Seng Chiu didn't plan to start his own volleyball club. Though he had a lifelong love for the sport, he was perfectly content spending most of his career career coaching at the high school and college level. But as volleyball exploded in popularity, Chiu recognized two problems: Young players were being systematically weeded out, as most clubs targeted elite-level athletes, and those who endured oftentimes burned out. Hear from three JVA Club Directors who make it a point to create a positive club culture for every skill level.
Identifying the Factors That Differentiate the Good from the Great
Success breeds success. It's a common phenomenon known as "The Winner Effect". Over the past few years and even decade the dominance of certain clubs raises the question, what are these top clubs in the country doing in their gyms? And what changes did they make that resulted in their success?
Dusting off the Crystal Ball: Predicting the Future of Volleyball
If we understand how we got to where we are today as a sport and business then we can make predictions about where we are going in the future. Since we are a young industry we can learn from how...
Events
Arizona Power League Launches its 2021 Inaugural Junior Volleyball Season amid Uncertain times
In March of 2020, the Arizona Region volleyball season was forced to shut down amid the pandemic breakout. This forced clubs into unknown territory with the real possibility that many clubs were not going to [...]
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 [...]
JVA Names Nike Volleyball, Athlete Performance Solutions as Title Sponsor of JVA Hosted Events
The Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) is pleased to announce that Nike Volleyball, Athlete Performance Solutions is the Official Title Sponsor of JVA Hosted Events. This long term partnership is driven by a mutual passion shared [...]
Awards
2022 JVA Boys Watch List powered by Fivestar is Released
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The JVA proudly announces the 2022 JVA Boys Watch List powered by Fivestar featuring nearly 500 boys indoor junior volleyball athletes from 55 JVA member clubs. The players nominated are among the best [...]
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 [...]
Lexington United Wins JVA Club of the Month
Lexington United was founded in 2011 by Chris Beerman as a Munciana satellite club, fielding 20 teams in the first season. Beerman had just completed his 3rd year at Kentucky as an assistant coach [...]
Training
How Volleyball Athletes Can Gain Control of Your Thoughts
Have you ever been in a game and for some reason you can’t seem to get a grip on your actions and thoughts? You are making one mistake after another, even though you’ve done these [...]
3 Methods to Track the Vertical Jump
If you’ve been training to increase your vertical, it’s important to be able to find out if (or how much) you’ve improved since the beginning. There are a multitude of ways to test your vertical, [...]
Best Practices for Rest and Recovery in Junior Volleyball
The human body is built to withstand intense periods of physical strain and pressure. When a tournament runs multiple days, and into the late evening hours, players can rally and perform to their best abilities. [...]
Parents
JVA Partners with 431 Sports on Innovative Approach to Uniforms
Beginning (10/19/2019), 431 Sports will be offering FREE uniform-ordering websites to volleyball clubs as part of the partnership with the JVA. The company’s unparalleled playerPASS platform allows parents to order customized volleyball uniforms and gear year-round that’s shipped directly to...
4 Decision Making Methods to Guide Your Recruiting Journey
Looking into 2019, the recruiting landscape will definitely be ‘different’ in Division I with a later start for college coaches to get on the recruiting trail and most of the month of May cut short as an evaluation period. It creates...
Three Keys That Have Helped a Young Club Establish a Strong Foundation
Maylen Mitrovich loved volleyball, and she wanted better coaches and tougher tournaments than what her small, local club provided. So her mother, Monica, researched and identified a few other options. But Maylen Mitrovich didn’t have the best experience, and...
Recruiting
Steps to Navigate the Transfer Process and the NCAA Transfer Portal
The landscape of the volleyball recruiting process continues to evolve, and the relationship that the junior volleyball coaches and recruiting coordinators have with the student athletes is as valuable as it has ever been. Recruiting [...]
3 Reasons to Consider Options Outside of Division I
When volleyball athletes and families start the college recruiting process, oftentimes they get tunnel vision about playing for a D1 college. But is D1 really the best division out there for you? It all depends [...]
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...
Travel
JVA Announces Partnership with RallyMe
RallyMe and the Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) have partnered to provide a new, state-of-the-art fundraising platform exclusively for JVA member athletes and teams.
JVA to Host Kansas City Classic April 28-29, 2018
The JVA is excited to bring another high quality event to the Midwest next season. The JVA Kansas City Classic will be held at the Kansas City Convention Center in the heart of Kansas City, Missouri April 28-29, 2018. With the...
Is Summer Camp a Recruiting Opportunity?
The regular season of club volleyball has ended, and while many teams are still training in preparation for the national championships, summer is rapidly approaching. With summer, comes summer camps and unofficial visit opportunities. Here is some advice to help...
