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Recruiting Solutions: A Guide to NIL and Revenue Sharing for Aspiring Volleyball Athletes
College volleyball recruiting is undergoing one of the most rapid transformations in the sport’s history. As University of Minnesota [...]
Blog Categories
JVA Announces the 2026 JVA Girls’ Watch List powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
(Naperville, IL) JVA announces the top female volleyball athletes in the country nominated for the 2026 JVA Girls’ Watch List powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles. More than 5,774 female indoor junior volleyball athletes from [...]
How Volleyball Clubs Can Prevent Mid-Season Burnout
By March and April, the club volleyball season has already demanded a great deal from players and Coaches. Long tournament weekends, travel, school responsibilities, and the pressure to perform can take a toll. Even [...]
An Official’s Impact: Strengthening the Team Behind Every Volleyball Match
Julie Voeck was introduced to volleyball in high school, before club volleyball opportunities were widely available. She continued playing into adulthood and later gained experience coaching club volleyball, deepening her connection to the sport. [...]
News
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, [...]
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 [...]
JVA Announces the 2025 JVA Boys’ Watch List powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
(Naperville, Illinois) The JVA is pleased to announce the top male volleyball athletes in the country nominated for the 2025 JVA Boys' Watch List powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles. Nearly 1,300 male indoor junior [...]
Club Directors
Beach Solutions: Strategies to Grow Your Beach Volleyball Program
In the world of junior beach volleyball, small clubs often face the challenge of standing out among larger, more established programs. Yet with a clear vision, intentional development, and a strong community focus, smaller clubs [...]
Beach Solutions: How to Create a Genuine Team Culture in a Sport Built Around Pairs
Beach volleyball is one of the most unique athletic experiences in youth sports. Two athletes, alone on the sand, battling the elements and each other with no substitutions, no bench, and no timeouts for [...]
Business Solutions: How to Create a Business Plan for Your Volleyball Club
Starting a volleyball club is exciting—and maybe even a little overwhelming. Between finding a gym, hiring coaches, running tryouts, and setting schedules, it’s easy to get swept up in the day-to-day. But if you [...]
Coaches
Coaching Solutions: Tips to Help Your Volleyball Team Side-out in Rotation 1
There is no question that the universal agreement in the game of volleyball is that Rotation #1 is one of the hardest rotations to side-out of for many reasons. Whether it is based on [...]
Coaching Solutions: 6 Steps to Scout an Opponent Before the Next Volleyball Match
Premier Academy shares a volleyball scouting sheet and 6 key steps to take when scouting an opponent to prepare your team for an upcoming match.Here are the steps to take when completing the Scouting Report:On [...]
Coaching Solutions: 2 Serving Strategies to Win More Volleyball Games
Serving strategically can create a lot of advantages for your team during a volleyball match. Where you place a serve can create an optimal scenario that makes it easier for your team to [...]
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
2025 JVA Girls’ All-National Team powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
Naperville, Illinois (June 10, 2025) The JVA is pleased to announce the 83 female student athletes selected to the 2025 JVA All-National Team powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles, which recognizes the top female indoor volleyball [...]
Recruiting Solutions: The State of Summer Recruiting
There’s a lot of uncertainty in collegiate athletics right now. Things are changing rapidly and it makes it very difficult to truly understand what’s going on, especially for those on the club/youth side of [...]
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
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 [...]
Beach Solutions: A Step by Step Guide to Build Indoor Sand Volleyball Courts
Indoor sand volleyball courts provide athletes with a year-round training and playing opportunity, free from weather-related interruptions. While building these courts requires careful planning and execution, the end result can be a game-changing facility [...]
Beach Solutions: Supplemental Revenue Streams for Beach Volleyball Clubs
As a Juniors Beach Volleyball Club Director, it’s easy to get caught up in the grind of collecting club dues and running practices. But let’s be real—if you want to build a thriving, financially [...]
Culture
From the JVA Office: Facing Rejection and Taking Risks
Rejection comes in many shapes, scenarios and forms. The struggle that comes with rejection causes some to fear rejection and avoid the hard situations, and instead they remove themselves from the chance to fail. But playing it safe only limits...
5 Ways to Prevent Entitlement in Youth Sports
Entitlement is unfortunately becoming more prevalent in youth sports today, and we have no one to blame but ourselves. Young athletes feel as if they “deserve” certain consideration regardless of preparation or effort. Parents, coaches, mentors, grandparents, leaders of young...
How Small Volleyball Clubs Thrive in a Competitive Market
The size of the club will not break your success; a small mindset will. The increase in junior volleyball participation has led to growth in the number of junior volleyball clubs. New clubs are forming, large clubs are acquiring smaller...
Events
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 [...]
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 [...]
Considerations for the Boys Indoor Junior Volleyball Season
Indoor volleyball is the #1 team participatory sport in high school and college for girls. Over the past five years, boys indoor high school volleyball has been the fastest growing team sport by percentage [...]
Awards
JVA Announces the 2025 JVA Best in Beach powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
(July 2, 2025. Naperville, Illinois) The JVA is pleased to announce the 2025 JVA Best in Beach powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles that recognizes the nation’s top female JVA beach athletes for outstanding achievement [...]
2025 JVA Boys’ All-National Team powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
The JVA is pleased to announce the 70 student athletes selected to the 2025 JVA Boys All-National Team powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles, which recognizes the top male indoor volleyball players competing for a [...]
JVA Presents the 2025 JVA Beach Watch List powered by VKTRY Performance Insoles
The JVA is pleased to announce the 2025 JVA Beach Watch List presented by VKTRY Performance Insoles that recognizes the top female beach athletes from JVA member clubs this season. Nearly 300 JVA beach [...]
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
Travel Safety Tips for Volleyball Families
A volleyball trip is around the corner. Our main goal as parents is to get the family there and home safely. However, if something goes wrong on the way, are you ready? Some of us [...]
From the JVA Office: Let’s Set our Views on Volleyball
I asked a high school female volleyball player to name her top three favorite volleyball players. She took a long pause, then said the first name of a high school volleyball player she saw play [...]
Fundraising 101: It Doesn’t Have to be Painful!
For time-starved volleyball parents, fundraising for the season can sometimes be overwhelming. When factoring in tournament fees, travel, food, and other expenses, some parents in the United States could spend around $700- $1,000 a month [...]
Recruiting
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. [...]
Recruiting Solutions: Keeping Momentum Going During the Fall
The Fall High School Season can be a busy time of year for a lot of high school volleyball players. Many players have limited communication with their club coaches and club recruiting staff. It’s also [...]
Travel
Building a Budget and Schedule for the Volleyball Club Season
It’s September, which means we are in full preparation mode for the upcoming season, and the most time consuming part of preparation is budgeting and scheduling for each team. Here are factors that can guide a director when preparing...
2020 JVA Challenge Series presented by i6 Features Record Number of Events
The JVA is pleased to announce a record breaking 31 events named to the 2020 JVA Challenge Series presented by i6. These events share in the JVA’s ideology to provide high quality events and a great experience for all their participants...
A Summary of the Girls 18’s Indoor Championships Survey Results
This past summer, we posted an article about the various options that U-18’s have to finish their season. We also addressed feedback from some of the coaches who attended the various championships, and concluded with a survey to gather...
