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JVA Hosts Club-Focused Programming at the 2025 AVCA Convention
Milwaukee, WI – [September 24, 2025] — Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) is proud to announce its continued sponsorship and leadership [...]
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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 volleyball [...]
NKYVC Wins JVA Club of the Month
NKYVC was founded in 1999 with 6 teams, 11U-13U, adding an age group every year, and today fields 48 girls travel teams, 24 girls non-travel teams, 6 boys travel teams 76 coaches, and 723 [...]
Business Solutions: A Smarter Way to Protect Your Volleyball Club from Chargebacks
How Enabling Player Registration Protection Supports Refund Disputes and Safeguards Revenue Let’s face it, refund disputes and chargebacks are becoming more common, and they can take a serious toll on your volleyball club’s bottom [...]
News
The 2023 JVA Girls Watch List powered by Fivestar is Released
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The JVA is pleased to release the 2023 JVA Watch List powered by Fivestar featuring over 3,600 girls indoor junior volleyball athletes from 200 JVA member clubs across the country. The players nominated [...]
JVA Announces Grant of $150,000 to First Point Volleyball Foundation to Expand Partnership to Grow Boys’ Volleyball
(MILWAUKEE, WI) - First Point Volleyball Foundation, the preeminent nonprofit foundation growing boys’ and men’s volleyball in America, and Junior Volleyball Association (JVA), a leading association in the growth of club youth volleyball in America [...]
Nike Named the Official Uniform Provider of the Junior Volleyball Association
Milwaukee, WI - January 4, 2023 — Nike Volleyball, the leading manufacturer of authentic athletic apparel, and the Junior Volleyball Association (JVA), the premier national organization for the promotion and growth of youth and junior [...]
Club Directors
Beach Solutions: A Guide to Attainable Financial Targets and Benchmarks
Whether you're looking to establish a new beach club or optimize an existing one, it's important to spend time creating a budget and forecasting your revenue and expenses. These insights offer valuable comparisons and [...]
Technology Solutions: 10 Steps to Minimize Ransomware Attacks
More than 14 publicly claimed ransomware attacks occur each day, many of which target small businesses or organizations that don’t think they’re in danger. But this doesn’t mean you have to wait like a [...]
Business Solutions: A Data-Driven Approach to Volleyball Club Salaries
The JVA surveyed a diverse landscape of junior volleyball clubs across the country with the goal of capturing key trends and data points that can guide decisions for junior volleyball club leaders. Below is [...]
Coaches
Coaching Mental Performance: Termination Conversations
The season is coming to a close and the last tune-up tournaments are taking place before the big National events. It's the perfect time to prepare your team for the end of season. In the [...]
Beach Solutions: Partner Pairing for Doubles Competition and Club Dual Events
Beach partner pairing can be a challenging part of playing beach volleyball. It is the #1 most intimidating task that new players must learn to do for themselves. “Can you help find a partner [...]
Club Training Model: End of Season
Teams who are attending Nationals in June have the month of May and much of June to prep for a Championship. However, the girls' indoor season can take a toll on the mind and [...]
Boys
5 Yoga Poses that Benefit Volleyball Athletes
Yoga is oftentimes only thought of as a way of calming down and relaxing, but it has many more benefits than those two, especially for volleyball athletes. Here are five yoga poses that will directly benefit a volleyball athlete's performance on the indoor and sand court.
Basics to Start a Boys Program
Is your club passionate about starting a boys program? One misconception is that a boys program should field travel teams immediately. However, here's an example of a boys program that began simply as a development league, with very low overhead cost. Learn how KIVA's boys program went in year one, and some easy steps your club can mirror.
JVA Releases the 2019 JVA Boys Watch List
The 2019 JVA Boys Watch List features 190 boys indoor junior volleyball players from JVA member clubs across the country. The players nominated to the inaugural watch list are among the best in the nation in their age division this season.
Girls
Corrective Flexibility for Volleyball Athletes
During the off-season, athletes have quite a bit of leeway on what they should be focusing on. Their training focus depends on their health. For example, if an athlete is healthy and ready to go, [...]
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 [...]
3 Types of Yoga to Help Volleyball Athletes Prep for Nationals
It’s the post season and your team has made it to the height of competition. Everything your athletes have worked for all season is finally here. It’s an exciting time but it can also [...]
Beach
Win the Point by Losing the Joust
The Joust, where an attacker and blocker contact the ball at the same time above the top of the net, can be the catalyst for a huge change in momentum for either team. It is [...]
Visual and Spacing Cues to Improve Passing in Beach Volleyball
Some players always seem to be moving in the right direction, and some athletes excel at blocking. There are players that get both feet to the ball to set much quicker than others. Believe it [...]
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 [...]
Culture
From the JVA Office: A Pro-Active Approach to Handling Over-Involved Parents
Tournament time has begun, which means club directors and coaches are beginning to identify the over-involved and over-bearing parents. It's easy to say that our focus needs to be on the kids and ignore the parents, but as we all know, the parents are as much our customers as the players are; in some cases, even more so. Here are some practices your club can apply to establish a healthy relationship between your club, coaches, and parents.
From the JVA Office: How to Score Better Officiating
January is just around the corner. Your teams will be headed off to tournaments. Do you want better officiating at your matches? Here are some ways you can make a difference.
It’s All About the Athletes
The culmination of recruiting during the club season reaches its pinnacle beginning June 19th, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. College coaches from around the country descend on the Orlando Convention Center and ESPN Wide World of Sports for the AAU Girls Junior...
Events
The 2022 JVA Challenge Series presented by Event Beacon and i6 Unites the Nation’s Elite Events
The JVA is pleased to announce the 31 events named to the 2022 JVA Challenge Series presented by EventBeacon and i6. All JVA Challenge Series hosts share in the JVA’s ideology to provide a high [...]
JVA Welcomes Adam Beck as the Director of Events
The JVA is proud to announce the addition of Adam Beck to the JVA staff as the Director of Events. Adam's main responsibility will be management of the JVA Tournament Series, which includes seven events. [...]
From the JVA Office: Are Your Tournament Dollars Supporting the Growth of our Sport?
Club Directors have a vast array of options in volleyball tournaments to provide their teams with a competitive schedule. More clubs are opening facilities, cities are building large multi-sport venues to host events, and corporate [...]
Awards
An Athleader’s Journey: A Desire to Serve Others and Make a Positive Impact
As the tallest in her class all through grade school, Kaitlyn's parents knew that introducing her to a sport that would utilize her height would be valuable to her sports journey. Since the first grade, [...]
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 [...]
2022 JVA Beach Watch List presented by Fivestar
(June 29, 2022. Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The JVA is pleased to announce the 2022 JVA Beach Watch List presented by Fivestar that recognizes the top female beach athletes from JVA member clubs this season. Over 150 [...]
Training
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. [...]
Functional vs Dysfunctional Breathing for Volleyball Athletes
Athletes that practice breathwork can take their game to the next level. Similar to training volleyball skills to perform at your best in a match, athletes should practice breathing so it comes naturally to you [...]
2 Steps to Improve Mental Resilience for Volleyball Athletes
If we are not in the right state of mind before major changes happen, how do we mentally handle shifts and changes with ease and keep our eyes on our overall goals? Characteristics of [...]
Parents
Finding Success in the Evolving World of Collegiate Recruiting
Over the past few months there has been much conjecture regarding the decision to exclude Freshman/Sophomore volleyball recruits from taking unofficial visits to Division I programs until September 1 of their Junior year of High School. As a Recruiting Coordinator...
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...
When Should Volleyball Athletes Start the Recruiting Process?
One of the most frequently asked questions is “When should we start the recruiting process?” And the answer is: It really depends on the athlete. Here is some guidance for athletes and parents who are considering navigating the recruiting process...
Recruiting
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...
How to Tell If a College Coach is Recruiting You
It can be tricky for a volleyball athlete to understand if and when he/she is being recruited by a college coach. Do recruiting questionnaires count? How about camp invites? A phone call? Not every coach is going to show...
4 Recruiting Tips for Parents
Parents don’t always know when they’re being evaluated by college coaches. And it's important to make a positive impact on their child’s recruiting process without getting in the way. To help you embrace your supporting role and assist your child in their quest to play college volleyball, here are some recruiting tips for parents.
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