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JVA Partners with AIM Sports Group to Elevate the Youth Volleyball Experience with AIM+
AIM+, the AI-Powered Digital Platform and Ecosystem for the Youth Sports Industry, is now Being used to Enhance the [...]
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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. [...]
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Recruiting Solutions: Early Season Meeting with Your Club Athletes and Parents
The recruiting process can be overwhelming for athletes and parents. Clear, open and honest communication is key to a successful process that helps your athletes achieve their goal of playing in college. Here are [...]
JVA Proudly Presents the 2022-2023 JVA Sponsor Clubs
The JVA is thrilled to announce the 52 JVA Sponsor Clubs for the upcoming 2022-2023 indoor junior volleyball indoor season. After taking a pause in mid 2020 amidst the pandemic, the JVA is pleased to [...]
The Benefit of Budgeting for Coach Expenses
According to the 2024 JVA Club Program and Financial Survey, the majority of clubs pay their head coaches less than $10,000 per season. When you consider the countless hours coaches dedicate to practices, tournaments, [...]
Coaches
What Does It Take to Play Men’s Collegiate Volleyball?
It's no secret that there is a direct correlation between the growth of boys volleyball and the growth of men's college volleyball. Men's collegiate volleyball has grown exponentially, adding new programs every year, and has [...]
Steps to Navigate the Transfer Process and the NCAA Transfer Portal
The landscape of the volleyball recruiting process continues to evolve, and the relationship that the junior volleyball coaches and recruiting coordinators have with the student athletes is as valuable as it has ever been. Recruiting [...]
3 Reasons to Consider Options Outside of Division I
When volleyball athletes and families start the college recruiting process, oftentimes they get tunnel vision about playing for a D1 college. But is D1 really the best division out there for you? It all depends [...]
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Beach Volleyball Shines in Summer – and now Beyond
The boom of beach volleyball is hardly set, with new clubs and tournaments constantly cropping up. But the sport's culture remains pure and party-centric. As NCAA's fastest-growing sport, starting with 15 Division I programs in 2012 and growing to 53 next season, beach volleyball is projected to top 100 collegiate programs by 2020. This huge influx of opportunities and scholarships for female student-athletes is having a big impact on the landscape of junior beach volleyball.
Dear Uncommitted Athletes
We are just a few short months away from the beginning of the 2017 Collegiate Volleyball season. Each high school recruiting class is going through it's range of emotions, concerns and stressors, especially the uncommitted athletes. For the purpose of calming all of your fears, to induce hope and clarify the reality of the recruiting landscape, I am going to address each graduating year.
Is Summer Camp a Recruiting Opportunity?
The regular season of club volleyball has ended, and while many teams are still training in preparation for the national championships, summer is rapidly approaching. With summer, comes summer camps and unofficial visit opportunities. Here is some advice to help...
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