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Kokua Volleyball Club Wins JVA Club of the Month
In 2020, amid a global pandemic, Chan Esperas and Jamie Cleary launched Kōkua Volleyball Club, offering socially distanced beach [...]
Blog Categories
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 [...]
Make the Game of Volleyball More Accessible by Establishing a Middle School Training Program for Underserved Communities
In August of 2019 Queen City Volleyball Academy formed as a nonprofit organization with the goal of making the game of volleyball more widely accessible to young athletes by breaking through systemic barriers that [...]
JVA Announces Donation of $10,000 to USA Volleyball to Support the Men’s and Women’s National Team Programs
(MILWAUKEE, WI) - The Junior Volleyball Association (JVA), a leading association in the growth of youth volleyball in America, is pleased to be making a donation of $10,000 to USA Volleyball Men's and Women's [...]
News
Mill City Volleyball Club Wins JVA Club of the Month
It started as a plan put together by Matt Bynon while sitting in his dorm room at Rivier University in Nashua, New Hampshire. Bynon was a college student athlete with aspirations to start an [...]
Illini Elite Wins JVA Club of the Month
Illini Elite opened in 1998 with 1 team and no dedicated facility, but had a tested blueprint for how to successfully develop volleyball players. Since then, their programs have grown to include over 70 [...]
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 [...]
Club Directors
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 [...]
Business Solutions: 5 Ways to Boost Your Volleyball Club’s Bottom Line
Club Directors understand the importance of efficiently managing your organization and striving to improve your club's financial performance by reducing expenses and increasing revenue. To help you reach these goals, check out the five strategies [...]
Coaches
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 [...]
From the JVA Office: JVA Club Training Curriculum
Maintaining a positive and competitive culture is critical to a club's success and longevity. The challenge lies in the ability to identify, train and retain the coaching staff essential to teaching the physical, mental and [...]
3 Components that are Essential to Training the Vertical Jump
Volleyball is a sport where an athlete's vertical jump can make all the difference in performance whether it's blocking, attacking, or making a great defensive save. Here are three components necessary to elevate your vertical [...]
Boys
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
3 Benefits of Meditation for Volleyball Athletes
Your mental state is just as important as your physical state. In order to perform at a higher level and outperform opponents athletes can use meditation to learn to control their mental state and [...]
3 Ways a Strong Core Can Elevate Your Game
A strong core is essential for volleyball athletes. Our core actually covers more of our body than we think. The “core” is from the bottom of the chest to the top of the knees. It [...]
Recruiting Solutions: Campus Tours and Virtual Options for Beach Prospects in the Age of COVID
Visiting college campuses and their surrounding areas is a critical part of the beach volleyball recruiting process. The "feel" of the campus, and the characteristics of the town in which it resides, is among the [...]
Beach
3 Ways to Develop Player Ambition
Our club runs several seasonal leagues, youth development programs, camps/clinics and club teams so I observe and work with a variety of volleyball athletes. Over the past couple of years I have noticed a growing trend among our youth...
4 Factors That Impact Beach Partner Selection
For younger athletes, partner selection is an easy process. Pick a player of similar skill level that you enjoy playing with and can compete together at a high level. But how do you create a high level partnership for high...
Prioritizing Strength and Performance Training for Volleyball Athletes
Players and parents are starting to look for more than just games and victories. What a club provides, in terms of physical development, could be the determining factor in choosing one club over another. Here's a look at how a few JVA member clubs are emphasizing strength and conditioning for their volleyball athletes.
Culture
Events
Youth Volleyball: What is the Ideal Ratio of Training vs Competition?
At The Academy Volleyball Club, we have talked a lot about the ideal training versus competition cycle for the younger ages throughout the club season. We find that the most important part of youth training is keeping younger players engaged...
JVA Notes for the Upcoming AVCA Convention in Minneapolis
The JVA staff always looks forward to attending the AVCA Convention. Meeting new members, catching up with long time members and attending and hosting educational sessions are among a few of the reasons this event is so special. Witnessing the...
JVA Announces Mizuno USA as Title Sponsor of 2019 JVA Event Series
The Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) is pleased to announce Mizuno USA as title sponsor of six JVA hosted and run events in 2019.
Awards
Club Cactus Juniors Wins JVA Club of the Month
Club Cactus Juniors (CCJ) was formed in 1992 by Corey Morishita, making the club the second-longest running junior volleyball club in Arizona. The mission of the club was to raise the volleyball in Southern Arizona [...]
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 [...]
JVA Honors 16 Recipients of the JVA Junior Club Service Award
The JVA is pleased to announce 16 individuals honored with the 2019 JVA Junior Club Service Award. The growth of our sport, along with the consistent success of the JVA would not exist without the dedication and loyalty of the coaches, club...
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
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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...
Mizuno Grand Prix Series
To encourage the growth and development of youth volleyball (ages 8-14) in the greater Chicagoland area, the Great Lakes Center Youth Academy, Chicago Elite Youth Academy, Energy VBC and Rolling Thunder VBC partnered together to form the Mizuno Youth Grand...
Recruiting
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.
Finding Solutions for Early Recruiting in Junior Volleyball
Just 10 years ago, many of the top recruits in the country were being spotted late in their sophomore years, and the junior year club season of an aspiring student-athlete was when kids started to
Early Recruiting Vexes Prep Athletes … and their Parents and Coaches
Two years ago, for the first time ever, the number of high school girls playing volleyball (432,176) surpassed basketball (429,504). Currently, Division I schools are limited to 15 volleyball scholarships (12 for indoor, three for beach), the same limit as basketball. As the sport's popularity soars, volleyball coaches are offering scholarships to talented players earlier and earlier, which begs the question: Will it someday get out of control like boys' basketball?
