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JVA Announces the Recipients of the 2026 JVA Athleader Award powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS (May 18, 2026)– JVA is pleased to announce the male and female student athletes named the 2026 [...]
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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 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, [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
From the JVA Office: 3 Ways to Use Your Voice to Guide the JVA
The JVA serves many purposes for the junior volleyball community; uniting club directors, coaches and educators to improve the junior volleyball experience, and striving to accomplish our vision to be the premier organization for the [...]
The Benefits of Gender Collaborative Training in Youth Volleyball
Modern western civilizations have embraced gender integration in many domains that were once separated by gender - in schools, in the military, and even the Boy Scouts (now rebranded as Scouts BSA); however, competitive youth [...]
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Sample Virtual Training Plans for Athletes at Home
It is difficult to simulate 6v6 indoor or 2v2 beach competition right now, but volleyball coaches and directors are finding ways to inspire their athletes to continue to play the game at home, in [...]
Sample At Home Training Calendar April 2020
The outbreak of COVID-19 shook the youth sports world and left coaches, directors, athletes and parents overwhelmed and looking for direction. Since the standard schedule of school, volleyball practice and tournaments was on a hiatus, [...]
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 [...]
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Attracting the Multi-Sport Athletes to Your Club
There are many factors that multi-sport athletes look for when choosing a volleyball club. Many clubs have found ways to appeal to the multi-sport athlete, and VC Nebraska is one of them. Based on the club's demographics, VC Nebraska made some adjustments in order to attract multi-sport athletes to the club. Based on her experience, Club Director Maggie Griffin shares three ways to attract the multi-sport athletes to your club.
Don’t Push the Recruiting Panic Button
This time of the year can be emotionally challenging for seniors who are still engaged in the recruiting process. Here is some reassurance that there is still a lot of time on the recruiting clock.
Beyond Athletic Abilities
There are volumes of information on the How To’s for everything…especially in the recruiting realm for collegiate sports. I have even written some over the past few years with the goal of aiding athletes and parents on the...
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