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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 [...]
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Maggie Griffin and Kris Wojiek-Stein Elected to the JVA Board of Directors
The JVA is pleased to announce that Maggie Griffin has been re-elected to the JVA Board of Directors and Kris Wojiek-Stein has been elected to the JVA Board of Directors. This will be Maggie's [...]
Beach Solutions: Create a Standout Highlight Video for Junior Beach Volleyball Recruitment
A well-crafted highlight video is one of the most critical tools for junior beach volleyball athletes aiming to attract college coaches. It serves as your introduction to coaches, showcasing your skills, athleticism, and understanding [...]
JVA and VKTRY Gear Enhance Partnership through Recognition of JVA Student Athletes
The Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) is pleased to announce VKTRY Performance Insoles as the Title Sponsor of all JVA Player Awards in 2025. This partnership will be instrumental for junior volleyball players to take [...]
News
JVA Announces the 2021 Ultra Ankle JVA Athleaders
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (May 17, 2021)– The JVA is pleased to announce the 2021 Ultra Ankle® JVA AthLeaders who exemplify academic excellence, outstanding volleyball performance, leadership, responsibility, and selflessness through community service. This group of athletes [...]
Pittsburgh Elite Wins JVA Club of the Month
Pittsburgh Elite began as Pittsburgh Golden Triangles in 1989, and was one of the first clubs in the Pittsburgh area to offer volleyball to both boys and girls. Three teams competed nationally in the [...]
JVA Announces New Partnership with Honest Game to Propel Academic Support for JVA Clubs
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (May 3, 2021)– Junior Volleyball Association(JVA) announced today a new partnership that will strengthen support for junior volleyball student-athletes. Honest Game, a startup based out of Chicago, provides technology that helps high school [...]
Club Directors
2023 JVA Club Management Track and AVCA Convention Schedule
The JVA is thrilled to announce an impressive schedule of club management, coach management and player development education planned for the 2023 JVA Club Management Track and AVCA Convention in Tampa, Florida December 13-17, [...]
Business Solutions: The Responsibilities and Impact of a Technical Director
VC United was formed in the summer of 2017 as an elite volleyball club in Rockford, Illinois. After starting with 4 dedicated wood courts and 2 dedicated sport courts to train on, VC United [...]
Risk Management Solutions: Best Practices to Provide a Safe Place to Train Volleyball
*Information provided in this article should not 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 [...]
Coaches
Coaching Without Borders
For almost 50 years I have created time in my life to grow the game together in places beyond my backyard. One of my principles in learning is that which you teach, you learn. Since [...]
Overcoming Performance Anxiety
Performance anxiety. Most feel it, no one talks about it. It’s that feeling you get down deep in your gut the night before a game or on your way to a tough practice. It [...]
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 [...]
Boys
Top Beach Volleyball Bag Must-Haves!
By Molly Menard - Pro Beach Volleyball Player and CFO of the National Volleyball League Twitter: @menardbeachvb 1. Sunscreen You want to be 100% focused on the court and I promise you'll be thinking about your aching skin and not the next point if you're
5 Ways to Stay Cool in the Sand this Summer
Few things scream "summer" more than the start of the beach volleyball season. It is a time for soaking up some rays with the scent of salt water in the air and sand between your toes. According to the Environmental...
7 Steps to Landing A Sponsor For Your Volleyball Club
You're a few weeks into your club season and you realize your teams have qualified for more tournaments than expected, but you don't have the funds to front the tournament fees. What can you do to generate the needed revenue without charging your players more?
Girls
Healthy Meal Tips for Volleyball Athletes
We’ve all heard the metaphor “you are what you eat,” but how does that relate to volleyball players? As an athlete, what you eat impacts your performance, your energy, and your overall mood. Daily [...]
JVA Proudly Releases 2021 Ultra Ankle JVA Watch List
The JVA is proud to announce the 2021 Ultra Ankle® JVA Watch List featuring over 1,900 girls indoor junior volleyball athletes from nearly 130 JVA member clubs from across the US and Canada. The players [...]
3 Reasons Volleyball Athletes Should Apply Breathwork to Your Daily Routine
Learning to control and manipulate your breath is arguably the biggest life hack. More specifically it can be your secret weapon when it comes to crushing your competition. But you have to work at it, [...]
Beach
2018 JVA Beach Watch List Announced
The JVA is pleased to announce the 2018 JVA Beach Watch List that recognizes female beach athletes from JVA member clubs as the top junior beach athletes in their division this season.
Beach Volleyball Stats: 4 Skills that are Easy and Useful to Track to Win More Matches
Keeping stats in volleyball at any level, indoor or beach, can be very useful in tracking improvement and determining the focus of practices. While win-loss records can be the result of improvements in skill, there are many incremental skill improvements...
Beach Setting Basics
Stein Metzger just led UCLA to its first beach volleyball national title in school history. When he is not busy winning collegiate championships, Stein wears another hat, Club Director of Los Angeles Beach Volleyball Club. The JVA Club Director shares...
Culture
Events
From the JVA Office: Sights are Set on Houston’s JVA Southern Sprawl
There is a growing demand for junior volleyball events that raise the bar, and offer a quality product for the participating clubs, coaches, athletes and parents. For the past several years, the JVA has been strategic in deciding where and...
Beach Club Duals: Formatting Options to Adopt Club vs Club Competition at the Junior Level
A fast-growing beach volleyball tournament format is the “Club vs. Club” or “School vs. School” format, generally referred to as a dual tournament. This is the format that made it practical for the NCAA to adopt beach volleyball. The Club...
3 Benefits of the Club vs. Club Format and Why It Is Essential for Junior Beach Volleyball
Similar to indoor, collegiate beach volleyball is a team game, and it is the fastest growing NCAA sport over the last five years in Division I. And the juniors are following suit. Now it's time for junior beach events to mirror the college game. Here are three benefits of the Club vs Club format and why it is essential for the continued development of junior and collegiate beach volleyball.
Awards
An AthLeader’s Journey: Driven to Lead
A Feature on 2020 Ultra Ankle® JVA AthLeader Senior Opposite/Right Side Ian Glashagel from Club 1 Volleyball Within the first week of 8th grade at his new school, the district announced that it was creating [...]
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 [...]
JVA Announces the 2020 Ultra Ankle JVA All-National Team
The JVA is pleased to announce the 81 student athletes selected to the 2020 Ultra Ankle® JVA All-National Team, which recognizes the top female indoor volleyball players competing for a JVA member club in the [...]
Training
Toughness in Volleyball is about CIA
Every coach has drills to improve passing, serving, and setting. Every coach spends time focused on plays and rotations. But in my experience, over two decades of coaching and nearly 8 years of working with teams as a team building speaker...
3 Reasons to use DISC to Develop Team Culture
Pioneering coaches already understand the advantages of the DISC assessment tool. This article is designed to broaden your scope and frequency with which you utilize DISC. If you don’t yet use DISC, let me explain why DISC is the...
The Power of a Well Designed Time Out
Nobody wants to call a time out. It almost always indicates your team is struggling or doing some things you certainly didn't train them to do! In terms of match impact, however, your time outs are your best opportunity to influence your team and players. Here are some ways for coaches to maximize the potential of a timeout by the delivery and content of communication to your team.
Parents
Choosing a Volleyball Club
You’ve figured out what age division you need to play in. You’ve identified a few clubs in your area. Now for the hard part: picking just ONE club to play for during the upcoming season.
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The Patience Season
The early fall can be a confusing and frustrating time segment for families trying to manage the college volleyball recruiting process, especially those with rising Junior and/or Senior age daughters. Summer is over, high school season is starting up...
Recruiting
Changing ‘Skewed Perspectives’ Into ‘Productive Perspectives’
Over the past few club seasons, I have had the privilege of traveling across the country to meet with parents and present sessions that were designed to give them and their athletes tools to navigate the ‘Recruiting Journey’. It quickly...
The Current State of Recruiting
Just 10 years ago, college coaches were watching the top recruits in the country during their sophomore year. The players spent their junior year visiting campuses, attending college camps and looking for the best fit. That calendar, at least for the...
Helping Boys Volleyball Players Find a Home
Although many areas still lack opportunities for boys volleyball, there has been a recent push to grow the sport. It's exciting to see colleges add mens volleyball, as witnessed with the recent NCAA Division III explosion. As more junior volleyball clubs attempt to add boys volleyball, the next step is to educate the players about the college options that are available for them to continue their careers beyond high school. Here's a look at the boys volleyball recruiting timeline and what college coaches are looking for in a recruitable student athlete.
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