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Sample Club Volleyball Tryout Structure
Running an efficient and effective club volleyball tryout is crucial when evaluating a large group of athletes. A well-structured [...]
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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 [...]
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
JVA Announces New Executive Director, Lisa Wielebnicki, to Lead Next Chapter
Lisa Wielebnicki, New JVA Executive Director, to Lead Next Chapter The Junior Volleyball Association, a premier club volleyball association with nearly 1,700 members dedicated to promoting the growth of youth and junior volleyball, is [...]
The JVA Impact: 2024
As we look back on the past year, we’re filled with optimism and excitement for the continued growth and success of our sport. The progress achieved at both the grassroots and elite levels reflects [...]
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 [...]
Club Directors
Business Solutions: Extending Tryouts and Team Placement for a Volleyball Club
Tryouts are a stressful time for everyone involved. There is no clear, right answer on the best way to hold tryouts and assign players to teams. Volleyball clubs host tryouts anywhere from July through [...]
Carolina Union Wins JVA Club of the Month
Carolina Union Volleyball Club was started in 2001 by Carrie Powell as a way to provide more opportunities for young women to play the sport. Starting with just two teams and operating out of [...]
Beach Solutions: How to Run an Effective College Recruiting Showcase for Beach Volleyball
Hosting a beach volleyball college recruiting showcase is one of the most powerful ways to support your athletes’ journey to playing at the collegiate level. But a successful event doesn’t happen by chance—it takes [...]
Coaches
Coaching Solutions: How to Decide Between a 5-1 and 6-2 Offensive System for Your Volleyball Team
A key factor to a volleyball team's success is offensive efficiency, which is a team's ability to score points when attacking the ball. There are two main offensive systems used in volleyball: a [...]
Coaching Solutions: 4 Ways to Develop Emotional Stability on the Volleyball Court
Mental toughness and emotional stability are important aspects of being a volleyball athlete. Volleyball is a fast-paced game of momentum. In order to better manage the game from a coaching standpoint, teach your [...]
Coaching Solutions: Volleyball Defensive Technical and Tactical Player Feedback Using Match Film
Minnesota Select coaching staff wanted to provide their defensive specialists with some feedback on their defensive position utilizing match film from the previous tournament. This is done throughout the season for the coaches of [...]
Boys
Beach Solutions: Practice Considerations to Maximize Potential and Develop Talent
Whether a beach program has 10 participants or 100, coaches need to have a plan in place to challenge the athletes who are advanced, while also keeping the players on the lower court motivated [...]
From the JVA Office: The Chitown Boys Challenge Makes Boys Volleyball History
In 2021 the JVA and AAU teamed up to create three new boys events as part of the JVA AAU Boys Volleyball Tournament Series to launch in the 2022-2023 season. The first event in the [...]
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 [...]
Girls
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 [...]
3 Keys to Peak Performance for Volleyball Athletes
Success in volleyball isn’t an accident—it’s the result of intentional effort across every aspect of your game. Everything plays a role in shaping your performance on the court, from how you train to how [...]
An Official’s Impact: Leading a New Generation of the Volleyball Community
While playing in an adult league in her late twenties Shannon saw that the league was looking for referees, so she signed up. A few months later, an Official saw her reffing an adult [...]
Beach
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 [...]
Beach Solutions: Marketing Your Beach Volleyball Program
Building a successful beach volleyball program starts with a clear vision and an adaptable approach to growth across all age groups, from young players to high school athletes. Here are some key strategies to [...]
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 [...]
Culture
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 [...]
Maintain a Competitive Gym Environment with these 3 Drills
Most clubs strive to have as competitive of an environment as possible in their gym. However, sometimes you're missing players, or are training with multiple teams on one court. Here are 3 drills you [...]
3 Ways to Cultivate a Culture of Belonging
Team building is a critical element to any successful volleyball team, however melding a roster of individuals into a team is no easy task. There is a subtle, yet critical difference between a team culture [...]
Events
An Official’s Impact: The Power of Mentorship
Twenty one years into his volleyball officiating career, Shawn Davis still has as much fun as he did in year one. Whether he's beautifully singing the national anthem or facilitating a juniors volleyball match, [...]
Beach Solutions: 7 tips to utilize tournaments to attract new athletes to your program
Hosting a 4v4 beach volleyball tournament can be a fun and rewarding way to engage young athletes, bring the community together, and showcase the sport. Here’s a guide based on a tried-and-true model to [...]
An Official’s Impact: Leading a New Generation of the Volleyball Community
While playing in an adult league in her late twenties Shannon saw that the league was looking for referees, so she signed up. A few months later, an Official saw her reffing an adult [...]
Awards
Cincinnati Attack Wins JVA Club of the Month
Cincinnati Attack was founded in 1998 as a small startup with just a few high school boys volleyball teams. The club practiced in whatever gym had space to rent in and around the city. [...]
JVA Announces the 2025 JVA Boys’ Watch List powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
(Naperville, Illinois) The JVA is pleased to announce the top male volleyball athletes in the country nominated for the 2025 JVA Boys' Watch List powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles. Nearly 1,300 male indoor junior [...]
JVA Announces the 2025 JVA Girls’ Watch List powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
(Naperville, Illinois) The JVA is pleased to announce the top female volleyball athletes in the country nominated for the 2025 JVA Watch List powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles. Over 5,100 female indoor junior volleyball [...]
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
Recruiting Solutions: A List of Player and Parent Do’s and Don’ts
As the club season is upon us, here are some do’s and don’ts that college coaches look for when they get a chance to evaluate and communicate with student athletes and parents during the club [...]
5 Ways to Help Volleyball Athletes Prepare for Practice and Competition With Mental Performance Strategies
Athletes feel pressure from many different areas and often create high expectations based on those pressures that ultimately affect their confidence. In working with a mental performance coach, athletes learn how to mentally prepare for [...]
JVA announces a partnership with Athlete Foundry focused on service to volleyball families
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (June 22, 2023)– JVA announces that it has partnered with Athlete Foundry, a veteran-owned EdTech company, providing its premium student athlete holistic development platform to all JVA clubs as a member-benefit. The Junior [...]
Recruiting
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 [...]
Recruiting Solutions: 4 Ways to Guide Your Athletes During the Recruiting Process
The volleyball recruiting process is far different from just a few years ago when the newest club and high school coaches navigated the process themselves as student athletes. The evolution of recruiting services, social [...]
Recruiting Solutions: 4 Things to Know Heading Into the Contact and Evaluation Period
Two months ago, we were preparing for the club volleyball season to start, the holiday break hit us, and boom, now we're in the Evaluation Period. UPPERCLASSMEN (juniors and seniors in high school), hopefully, [...]
Travel
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 [...]
The Truth Behind Tournament Refunds
As tournaments and leagues around the country continue to cancel, the questions on many of our minds revolve around refunds. Will I be refunded? Will it be a full refund? Why won’t I be refunded [...]
Virus Precautions and Recommendations
May 15, 2020 Update We are all closely following the evolution of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and based on the most recent updates, the Junior Volleyball Association is recommending that all JVA member clubs and tournament [...]
