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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 [...]
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Nearly 40 Beach Events Unite in the 2025 BVCA Club Challenge Series powered by JVA
The JVA is excited to announce that the 2024-2025 BVCA Club Challenge Series powered by the JVA is expanding to nearly 40 beach events across 15 states, a testament to the incredible cooperative effort of our beach [...]
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 [...]
2024 JVA Club Management Track and AVCA Convention Schedule
The JVA is excited to facilitate a long list of indoor and beach volleyball educational sessions at the 2024 AVCA Convention and NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championships in Louisville, Kentucky December 18-22, 2024. [...]
News
2025 JVA Challenge Series presented by i6
Milwaukee, WI — Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 The JVA is pleased to announce the return of the highly anticipated 2025 JVA Challenge Series presented by i6. The series features 25 premier volleyball tournaments designed [...]
JVA Announces Strategic Partnership with LeagueApps
Milwaukee, WI — Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 Junior Volleyball Association (JVA), a premier club volleyball association with over 1,600 members dedicated to promoting the growth of youth and junior volleyball, is thrilled to announce [...]
JVA Announces Addition of Nick Maruyama to the JVA Board of Directors
The JVA is pleased to announce that Nick Maruyama has been appointed to the JVA Board of Directors as the JVA Boys Representative. Maruyama is Executive Director of 630 Volleyball in Lisle, Illinois. Under [...]
Club Directors
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 [...]
Technology Solutions: 20 Cyberattacks You Need to Know About to Protect Your Volleyball Club
Just when you thought it was safe to go outs… er, online, they dream up new ways to mess with us! When we think about cyberattacks, elaborate headline-making attacks often come to mind. [...]
Junior Volleyball Club Survey Data Analysis
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
How to Use Video Delay to Develop Volleyball Athletes
For over ten years Blake Rawlins has been using Video Delay as a tool to train the physical and intellectual quality of junior volleyball athletes performance on the court. He [...]
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 [...]
Boys
Timberwolves Beach Boys Volleyball Club Joins the Growing San Diego High School Boys Volleyball Beach League
Unlike girls high school beach volleyball, boys beach volleyball is not currently a sanctioned sport in California. In 2013, regional coaches from high schools throughout San Diego County got together to bring the sport of [...]
JVA Presents the 2023 JVA Boys All-National Team powered by Fivestar
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (June 28, 2023) The JVA is pleased to announce the 49 student athletes selected to the 2023 JVA Boys All-National Team powered by Fivestar, which recognizes the top male indoor volleyball players competing [...]
JVA Presents the 2023 JVA All-National Team powered by Fivestar
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (June 5, 2023) The JVA is pleased to announce the 88 student athletes selected to the 2023 JVA All-National Team powered by Fivestar, which recognizes the top female indoor volleyball players competing for [...]
Girls
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 [...]
3 Benefits of Lower Body Strength Training for Volleyball Athletes
Lower body weight training is very common among athletes who are looking to improve their performance on the court. When looking at collegiate and professional volleyball players, there’s no shortage of athletes that [...]
Beach
2024 JVA Best in Beach powered by Fivestar
(July 3, 2024. Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The JVA is pleased to announce the 2024 JVA Best in Beach powered by Fivestar that recognizes the nation’s top female JVA beach athletes for outstanding achievement during the [...]
2024 JVA Beach Watch List powered by Fivestar
(June 26, 2024 Milwaukee, Wisconsin) The JVA is pleased to announce the 2024 JVA Beach Watch List presented by Fivestar that recognizes the top female beach athletes from JVA member clubs this season. Over [...]
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 [...]
Culture
Avoid the Mid-Season Slump with These 5 Tips
Regardless of your record, most teams will experience a mid-season slump of some sort. However, as a coach there are some things you can do to keep your team engaged and the athletes' morales high [...]
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 [...]
Carolina Select Serves Local Community During the Holiday Season
During the month of December, Carolina Select serves its local community in more ways than one. The club was formed in 2008 as a 501(c)3, fielding 5 teams the first year, and 15 teams today. [...]
Events
One-Day Tournament Formats to Fit Your Volleyball Club’s Competition Needs
One-day volleyball tournaments can be a game-changer for many boys and girls volleyball clubs and families. Here are some compelling reasons why they should be considered, especially for younger and less experienced teams, along [...]
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 pass the ball back to him. She jokes that he pushed her to become a [...]
2024 JVA World Challenge Raises Funds for the Side-Out Foundation to Help Save Lives
The JVA World Challenge has always been more than a volleyball tournament. The midyear championship brings teams from all over the country together to not only compete on the court, but to raise funds [...]
Awards
The Absolute Volleyball Academy of Texas Wins JVA Club of the Month
The Absolute Volleyball Academy (AVA) of Texas has quickly risen to become one of the top volleyball clubs in the Lone Star region, known for its competitive teams and commitment to player development. AVA [...]
JVA Reveals the 2024 JVA Girls All-National Team powered by Fivestar
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (June 5, 2024) The JVA is pleased to announce the 86 female student athletes selected to the 2024 JVA All-National Team powered by Fivestar, which recognizes the top female indoor volleyball players [...]
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 [...]
Training
3 Benefits of Jump Training for Volleyball Athletes
Jump and Plyometric training are a great tool to help volleyball players physically improve their body for the game. While the benefit is clear for the front row players who jump for their [...]
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. [...]
Coaching Mental Performance: The Coaches’ Ego
Often when I speak with athletes after errors or a “terrible play” I hear that they “freeze” and “forget” what they were doing or what they were about to do, and explain that “they [...]
Parents
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 [...]
Travel Safety Tips for Volleyball Families
A volleyball trip is around the corner. Our main goal as parents is to get the family there and home safely. However, if something goes wrong on the way, are you ready? Some of us [...]
From the JVA Office: Let’s Set our Views on Volleyball
I asked a high school female volleyball player to name her top three favorite volleyball players. She took a long pause, then said the first name of a high school volleyball player she saw play [...]
Recruiting
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 [...]
Recruiting Solutions: Tournament Season Checklist for Upperclassmen
The High School Season is over and it’s finally about time for in-person recruiting to get back into full swing. If you're an uncommitted junior or senior and want to play in college, THIS ARTICLE [...]
JVA Partners With SportsRecruits To Power College Recruiting Efforts
Milwaukee, Wisconsin - November 2nd, 2023 – The Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) is thrilled to announce its collaboration with SportsRecruits, the leading college recruiting network, to enhance the college recruiting efforts for its member organizations. [...]
Travel
JVA and VLA Partner to Promote the Growth of Boy’s and Men’s Volleyball
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (October 11, 2021) – The JVA is excited to announce an extended partnership with the Volleyball League of America to bring professional men's volleyball to the junior volleyball audience across the country. "We [...]
From the JVA Office: Modifications and Considerations for Fall and Winter Competition
We are all anticipating that this club season will look different from years past. Typically, club directors map out a 6-8 month club season with 8-12 tournaments on the calendar by the end of September. [...]
JVA and FlipGive Partner to Help Clubs with Fundraising This Year
New Partnership Aims to Bring Virtual Fundraising to all Junior Volleyball Association’s Member Clubs and Families Milwaukee, WI (September 02, 2020) – Junior Volleyball Association, the leading junior volleyball organization providing programs, resources, and education [...]
