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An Official’s Impact: Serving Our Country, Serving the Game of Volleyball
As a young child, Max Nuon immigrated from Cambodia to the current volleyball hotbed of Madison Wisconsin. It wasn't [...]
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2025 JVA World Challenge Chases Gold and Digs Pink for Dual Fundraising Efforts
The 2025 JVA World Challenge and 18s Championship united 1,100 teams from across the country under a mission to support two very important causes: the fight against childhood cancer and breast cancer. Friday was [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
News
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 [...]
JVA Welcomes Steve Sack to the JVA Board of Directors
The JVA is pleased to announce that Emily Hawthorne has been re-elected to the JVA Board of Directors, and Steve Sack has been elected to the JVA Board of Directors for a three year term [...]
From the JVA Office: Fostering Inclusion and Belonging in Junior Volleyball
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and as racial justice movements recaptured our country’s collective attention, our office embarked on a reflection of how we can advance equity and inclusion in junior volleyball. The [...]
Club Directors
Business Solutions: Improving Player Retention
Today’s youth volleyball landscape is extremely competitive at the club level. While participation in youth sports overall has been steadily declining in the US over the past 15 years, participation in high school volleyball, particularly [...]
The Importance of Training and Onboarding in Youth Volleyball Clubs
In youth sports, particularly volleyball, the foundation of a successful club extends beyond athletic prowess to encompass the strength of its management and staff. Reflecting on the insights gained from the previous three articles, [...]
Dakota Power League Enters its Inaugural Season
Kairos Volleyball and MVP Volleyball Club have collaborated to create the Dakota Power League, a competitive series of events taking place in the first part of the girls indoor season. Teams will compete in a [...]
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
Girls
3 Reasons Why Volleyball Athletes Need Strong Glute Muscles
Volleyball athletes use their glutes for almost every movement whether on the hard court or in the sand. Every skill incorporates the glute muscles to perform the volleyball movements correctly. It’s no wonder, because the [...]
Recruiting Solutions: 5 Tips for the Class of 2021
In September, the DI Council extended the recruiting dead period for all Division I schools through January 1st. This means there can be no in-person recruiting taking place through the end of the year. Phone [...]
Recruiting Solutions: 5 Ways to Stay Connected to Division II College Programs
At this point most athletes, as well college volleyball coaches are tired of virtual recruiting. It has been challenging to evaluate skill, athletic ability, and character through a device rather than in person. However, there [...]
Beach
JVA Announces 2018 Beach Sponsor Clubs
The JVA is proud to announce the five beach clubs named 2018 JVA Sponsor Clubs. In it's third consecutive year of the JVA Sponsorship Program, these five beach clubs join the 59 indoor clubs to set a new record for JVA Sponsor Clubs. As a member driven and member centered organization, the JVA is giving $200,000 back to the JVA Sponsor Clubs this season.
JVA Highlights During 2017 AVCA Convention
Each year the JVA sponsors educational sessions at the AVCA Annual Convention, and holds it's Annual Meeting, featuring a nationally known key note speaker. This year the JVA will host one hard court session, one beach court session, one beach classroom session and two hard court classroom sessions. The topics are geared toward club management, indoor coaching, and beach coaching. In addition, we will have an excellent session focused on recruiting. The presenters all share a wealth of knowledge, expertise and respect in the junior volleyball and collegiate volleyball realms.
Fashion Tips For The Slim & Tall, Not The Big & Tall
If you’re tall then you are already painfully aware that the world wasn’t made for someone your size. Whether you’re shopping for a new car, taking a shower at a hotel or just looking in most any...
Culture
Events
JVA Event Registration is Now Open
This season the JVA is hosting 6 indoor events, all of which are among the nation's elite events. Registration is open and if you have not experienced a JVA event before, now is the time.
JVA Announces 2019 JVA Challenge Series powered by TeamSnap
We are thrilled to announce the events named to the 2019 JVA Challenge Series powered by TeamSnap. This season the JVA Challenge Series features 23 events in 14 states across the country. As you plan your competition schedule this season, here are events...
From the JVA Office: Basketball Clubs Form New Grassroots Volleyball Movement in the Northeast
Over the past decade there has been a decline in girls basketball participation numbers, which has been partially accredited to the influx in girls volleyball athletes. Three years ago, for the first time, more high school girls played volleyball than...
Awards
Juniors Volleyball Club Wins JVA Club of the Month
Juniors Volleyball Club was formed in 1998 by Jim and Jamie Neave with only 6 teams. One team from each age group from 13’s-18’s. Today JVC includes 9 affiliate clubs within the organization, including over [...]
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 [...]
Training
5 Ways for Student-Athletes to Balance Academic and Athletic Demands
Scientifically, it has been proven that physical activity leads to an increase in academic performance, testing scores, and mental acuity. However, it takes dedication and commitment by the student-athlete to balance both worlds, especially when you add the travel and...
Changing Positions on the Team: Embracing the Change
School seasons have begun, with which comes inevitable change. Changes in teammates, coaching staff, opponents, team dynamics, abilities, and roles on the team. For some, there can be seemingly larger change, your position. Oftentimes, the outlook of playing a new...
Keys to Designing Progressions in Volleyball Strength Training
There are many different elements strength coaches must consider when designing a volleyball-specific strength program for their athletes. Whether players are just beginning to build strength or are well-developed professionals, the most effective strength and conditioning programs implement progressions.
Parents
Recruiting
Proposed NCAA Legislation: A Call to Action for Volleyball Clubs
Recently, the AVCA published an article in its blog regarding proposed legislation that could directly affect how PSA’s are recruited. With over 85% of collegiate volleyball athletes being recruited at the club level, the proposed legislation is a call to...
Don’t Play Volleyball This Summer
Now that I have your attention, let me clarify this seemingly crazy statement. Junior high and high school volleyball players who participate in club volleyball can be training almost year round. The transition from school volleyball immediately to club volleyball...
There is No Magic Formula to Recruiting
There is no pulling a commitment out of a hat...there is no amount of abra cadabras that will get you an offer from the college of your dreams. No concoction of # of calls + # of emails + # of times you hit...
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