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AI “Employees” For Volleyball Clubs: How Agentic AI And Custom GPTs Save Directors Hours Every Week
Most directors are constantly juggling tasks that pull them in ten directions at once—parent communication, scheduling, registrations, coach coordination, [...]
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Big City Volleyball is Creating Big Opportunities in NYC
Big City Volleyball, in its current form, was founded in 2007 as an adult volleyball league, hosting games Monday through Thursday in New York City. When League Director, David Walker, took over Big City [...]
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. [...]
Technology Solutions: How to Protect Your Volleyball Club from a DDoS Attack
Can a DDoS attack cripple A volleyball club? You bet! See how hackers forced this small firm to shut its doors overnight. In 2013, a promising software development hosting company, called Code Spaces, launched [...]
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JVA Partners with the NVA to Bring Professional Men’s Volleyball to 3 JVA Events
The JVA is pleased to announce a partnership with the National Volleyball Association to bring live professional men's volleyball to three JVA hosted events this season. Participants will have the opportunity to witness high level competition during the JVA event, and the NVA athletes will be available for autographs, photo opportunities, and to answer any questions for aspiring youth. Read more about this exciting opportunity.
2019 JVA Boys Watch List
The JVA is pleased to announce the annual JVA Boys Watch List to recognize the top JVA boys athletes for outstanding achievement on the volleyball court. Boys high school volleyball is growing at a 21% rate over the last five years...
Central Jersey Volleyball Academy Wins JVA Club of the Month
Central Jersey Volleyball Academy (CJVA) was founded in 2005 out of the Somerville YMCA by Al Mottern. CJVA has grown significantly, from four teams in the first year to today, with 26 girls’ teams and 6 boys’ teams, as well as a very...
Club Directors
Endless Momentum Wins JVA Club of the Month
Endless Momentum Volleyball Club formed in 2019 with only one team, 8 girls, and a dream. The club director, Nicole Wentz, brought her enthusiasm and passion for volleyball to an area that didn't have much [...]
From the JVA Office: A Year of Growth and Synergy
"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success." ~Edward Everett Hale In this year's JVA Annual Report, JVA Board President, Mike Lingenfelter, expressed that "if we create a group synergy [...]
JVA Announces New Partnership with Gipper to Streamline Social Media for Volleyball Clubs
Milwaukee, WI. December 1, 2022 —, Gipper Media, Inc. (Gipper), the leading social media content creation and management platform for sub-professional sports, and the Junior Volleyball Association (JVA), the premier national organization for the promotion [...]
Coaches
6 Ways to Virtually Build Your Team and Club Culture
In these current times, the hardest and most ironic unifier is simply: the unknown. We are all unsure when we will start and resume "normal" practices, training, and tournaments. We are unsure what the remainder [...]
How a Volleyball Club Can Continue to Serve Its Members During the Coronavirus Crisis
As schools and organizations close, we've encountered several JVA volleyball clubs that have acted quickly to implement a course of action. Rather than wait for practices to resume, many club directors and their staff have [...]
Game Management: A System to Track and Analyze Point Scoring
What data do you use to manage in-game coaching decisions? Alexz Smith from Matchbox Volleyball Club shares how she tracks solely the result of each play to provide quick and meaningful data to manage [...]
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From the JVA Office: Making Safety a Priority
Safety of our youth is an extremely important focus in the news, in political discussions, among school meetings, and at the dinner table. The JVA is also prioritizing the safety of the junior volleyball athletes to provide the proper resources...
JVA Launches Take5 Fitness and Tuesdays with Mora Series
Volleyball players time is limited, however there can be a simple way to incorporate fitness, mindfulness and mental training into the weekly routine. The JVA has launched two brand new educational series that share short and easy ways for players...
Take Your Game to the Next Level by Watching the Best Volleyball in the World
Over 150 NCAA volleyball matches, and hundreds more of the best volleyball from all over the world will air live on FloVolleyball. What does this mean? Now players, coaches and fans can watch high level volleyball from anywhere!
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WAVE Volleyball Club Wins JVA Club of the Month
WAVE Volleyball Club formed in 2000 and began with only two teams. The teams trained out of the Encinitas YMCA. In 2012, Club Director Brennan Dean and his wife and co-Director Kristen Dean bought the club it was up to 22 indoor teams...
2017 Ultra Ankle JVA All-National Team Announced
To coincide with the game changing year reaching nearly 1,000 member clubs and establishing 3 new events, one of which is the first JVA hosted event on the west coast, the JVA is proud to announce the most decorated Ultra Ankle® JVA...
JVA Announces 2017 Ultra Ankle® JVA AthLeaders
The JVA has selected 20 girls indoor junior volleyball players who exemplify outstanding volleyball performance, academic excellence, leadership, responsibility, and selflessness to be honored as the 2017 Ultra Ankle® JVA AthLeaders.
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