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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 [...]
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4 Steps to Teach Volleyball Athletes How to Navigate Conflict
Conflict in youth volleyball is inevitable—whether it’s frustration between teammates, disagreements on the court, or emotional struggles over playing time. The challenge isn’t eliminating conflict; it’s teaching athletes to handle it productively. Handling conflict [...]
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 [...]
How to Help Volleyball Student-Athletes Manage Their Social Media Use
Many volleyball coaches, directors and parents didn’t grow up with social media, and have a difficult time knowing what to do with handling the challenges of the new phenomenon or understanding how important it [...]
News
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Club Directors
Business Solutions: Creative Ways to Fill a Volleyball Facility During Off Peak Hours
During the club season, Club Directors who lease or own a facility are faced with the challenge of filling the courts to create additional revenue streams and pay the bills. Club team practices fill [...]
Technology Solutions: 10 Reasons Your Club Needs Cybersecurity Insurance
In the fall of 2024, average weekly attacks per organization increased by 75% compared to the year before, and big business is not the most attractive target. Small businesses with less than 100 [...]
The Academy Boiler Juniors Wins JVA Club of the Month
Boiler Juniors was founded in 2014 by a group of coaches and parents passionate about sharing the game of volleyball with others, including John Shondell (former Assistant Coach at Purdue University, and current [...]
Coaches
Coaching Solutions: 10 Tips for Increasing the Tempo of Your Practice
A fast-paced volleyball practice keeps players engaged, enhances skill development, and better prepares athletes for the speed of real competition. As a coach, creating an up-tempo environment doesn’t just happen—it requires intentional planning, clear [...]
Coaching Solutions: How to Utilize a Scouting Report With Your Volleyball Team
Scouting is a tool that can benefit players and coaches alike in an upcoming match or tournament, similar to how studying for an exam can prove beneficial at the time of the test. [...]
NIL Basics for Volleyball Club Directors, Coaches, and Parents
Preparing Your Volleyball Athletes for Future Opportunities With Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) now a part of the college sports landscape, volleyball athletes have the opportunity to benefit financially from their personal brand. While [...]
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
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 [...]
Volleyball Student Athlete Amyri Robinson Creates a Platform to Inspire Hope through Samaritan’s Feet
Amyri grew up watching her older sister, Jamilyn, compete in volleyball and basketball, and from a young age, she followed in her footsteps. In eighth grade Amyri started her club volleyball journey at Red [...]
An Athleader’s Journey: Leading Others to a Healthy Lifestyle
Vivian recalls how proud she was during her 12U club season when she learned how to overhand serve. At the young age of two Vivian was diagnosed with third degree heart block, and it [...]
Beach
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 [...]
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 [...]
Beach Solutions: A Step-By-Step Guide to Building an Outdoor Sand Volleyball Court
Building a sand volleyball court is a rewarding but challenging project, especially when faced with unique terrain obstacles. TeamLVC Directors Chris Hosley and Taylor Teal, took on the ambitious task of constructing a professional-grade [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
Awards
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 volleyball training. With incredible mentors guiding them, they felt compelled to give back to the [...]
Club Tonka Wins JVA Club of the Month
Club Tonka’s staff longevity is what sets it apart from the rest. Since its inception in 1988, Club Tonka has had stable and dedicated leadership with their director, Ted Fleener. The assistant director, Diane [...]
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 [...]
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: 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, [...]
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 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 [...]
