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Building Stronger Minds: How Michigan Elite Volleyball Academy Uses Neurofuel To Transform Athlete Performance
On a tense court during qualifier season, a Michigan Elite 14s team gathers in a tight huddle—shoulders squared, eyes [...]
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Coaching Solutions: 6 Steps to Scout an Opponent Before the Next Volleyball Match
Premier Academy shares a volleyball scouting sheet and 6 key steps to take when scouting an opponent to prepare your team for an upcoming match.Here are the steps to take when completing the Scouting Report:On [...]
An Official’s Impact: From Volleyball Mom to Volleyball Official
Since she was four years old, Lacy's daughter played basketball, but at the age of 10 she asked to try volleyball. Lacy contacted the local recreation facility and the manager asked if she would [...]
JVA Announces the Recipients of the 2025 JVA Athleader Award powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS (May 19, 2025)– The JVA is pleased to announce the male and female student athletes named the 2025 JVA Athleaders powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles. The 27 distinguished honorees display academic excellence, [...]
News
JVA Proudly Releases the 2021 Ultra Ankle JVA All-National Team
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (June 2, 2021) The JVA is pleased to announce the 79 student athletes selected to the 2021 Ultra Ankle® JVA All-National Team, which recognizes the top female indoor volleyball players competing for a [...]
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 [...]
Club Directors
Business Solutions: 3 Effective Ways to Budget for Refund Requests
Volleyball is dynamic by nature. Injuries, schedule changes, and personal circumstances can quickly lead to refund requests that create financial strain for clubs. Without a clear plan, these situations can disrupt budgets and long-term [...]
TeamLVC Wins JVA Club of the Month
TeamLVC is committed to growing the sport of volleyball not only at the juniors club level, but also at the top and bottom of the volleyball spectrum. In 2004 TeamLVC formed as a [...]
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 [...]
Coaches
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 [...]
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 [...]
Boys
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
5 Reasons to Integrate Yoga Into Your Strength and Wellness Program this Season
Yoga is becoming more common in training regiments for junior athletes. Coaches are finding that their athletes' overall mental, physical, and even inspirational well-being improve as a result of incorporating yoga and mindfulness into practice time. If you are not convinced yet, let's look at 5 reasons to integrate yoga into your club's wellness program this season.
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...
Culture
Events
4 Ways to Create a Balanced Competition Schedule
As clubs continue to purchase, lease or rent facilities, and collaborate to co-host events together, the selection of tournaments will grow. Looking ahead to next season, here are 4 ways to create a balanced and ideal tournament schedule for your teams.
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...
Awards
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 [...]
JVA Honors the 12 Recipients of the 2020 JVA Junior Club Service Award
"We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt The JVA is pleased to announce the 12 individuals honored with the 2020 [...]
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 [...]
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
Recruiting
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?
Dear Uncommitted Athletes
We are just a few short months away from the beginning of the 2017 Collegiate Volleyball season. Each high school recruiting class is going through it's range of emotions, concerns and stressors, especially the uncommitted athletes. For the purpose of calming all of your fears, to induce hope and clarify the reality of the recruiting landscape, I am going to address each graduating year.
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...
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