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Building a Stronger Club Through Mentorship: How the JVA Mentor Program Helped Fair Play Volleyball Club Take the Next Step
Every successful volleyball club reaches a point where passion alone isn't enough to sustain growth. Building a strong organization [...]
Blog Categories
Fueling for Volleyball Performance: A Practical Framework for Time-Based Nutrition and Hydration
Athletes spend hours training their skills, but nutrition is often overlooked as a key performance tool. Volleyball players may have anywhere from 10 minutes to three hours before practice or competition to fuel and hydrate, [...]
JVA Announces Strategic Alliance with Husch Blackwell Consulting and The Playbook to Transform the Club-to-College Experience
(Naperville, IL) Junior Volleyball Association (JVA), the leading organization focused solely on junior volleyball, announced a strategic alliance aimed at transforming the club-to-college experience for student-athletes, families, and club programs nationwide. Central to this [...]
Risk Management and Insurance Coverage for Summer Volleyball Camps
Clubs hosting summer camps are responsible for creating a safe, enjoyable environment where athletes can develop their skills and build lasting relationships. While camp planning often focuses on activities and training sessions, summer volleyball [...]
News
JVA Names Two Volleyball Directors for the AVCA T.E.A.M. Awards
The JVA is proud to honor two volleyball club directors, Erin Golden and Ron Reyes for the AVCA T.E.A.M. Awards—which promote Togetherness, Empowerment, Accessibility, and Mentoring within the volleyball community. The AVCA T.E.A.M. Awards [...]
JVA Hosts Club-Focused Programming at the 2025 AVCA Convention
Milwaukee, WI – [September 24, 2025] — Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) is proud to announce its continued sponsorship and leadership in delivering premier educational programming at the annual AVCA Convention. As a long-standing advocate for [...]
JVA Announces a Strategic Partnership with Neurofuel as the Preferred High Performance Mental Training Platform of JVA
Naperville, IL (September 15, 2025) — Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) is proud to announce a new partnership with Neurofuel, naming it the Preferred High Performance Mental Training Platform of JVA. This exciting collaboration will [...]
Club Directors
Tournament Travel Safety Tips for Club Volleyball
This time of year brings the transition from winter to spring and the height of tournament travel planning. Throughout March and April, volleyball clubs are constantly on the move. Coaches and team parents manage [...]
Why Your Refund Policy Might Be Hurting Your Volleyball Club
Most refund policies in youth sports are created with good intent. Clubs aim to support families, remain flexible, and respond appropriately when unexpected situations arise. On the surface, offering refunds feels fair. Over time, [...]
Why 4v4 Volleyball Should Be Part of Your Volleyball Program
As volleyball continues to grow across indoor, grass, and beach, traditional formats like 6v6 (indoor) and 2v2 (beach) remain the standard. They are effective, but for Club Directors, Club Administrators, and Coaches building programs, [...]
Coaches
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 [...]
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 [...]
Boys
From the JVA Office: The Chitown Boys Challenge Makes Boys Volleyball History
In 2021 the JVA and AAU teamed up to create three new boys events as part of the JVA AAU Boys Volleyball Tournament Series to launch in the 2022-2023 season. The first event in the [...]
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 [...]
Girls
10 Tryout Tips for Volleyball Players: The Skill Checklist
Trying out for a volleyball team can be both exciting and nerve-wracking—for players eager to show their skills and for parents hoping to see their child succeed. Whether you're stepping onto the court for [...]
An Athleader’s Journey: Creating Positive Change Through Volleyball
When Aiden started going to his sister's volleyball tournaments he was bored, and did a lot of sitting around. Then he started noticing the empty courts and ball carts, so he grabbed a ball [...]
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 [...]
Beach
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 [...]
Inside the NCAA Settlement: Financial Implications for the Future of Collegiate Beach Volleyball
It is the dawn of a new era in collegiate athletics. The landmark NCAA House Settlement has finally been approved. The settlement ends three separate antitrust lawsuits alleging that the NCAA unlawfully limited the [...]
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 [...]
Culture
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 [...]
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...
Events
Outdoor Volleyball Events: State of the Market
The bottom line: Outdoor volleyball is thriving, not just surviving. Despite year-round indoor competition, the data shows sustained growth where it matters most. Key findings: Destination events are booming: Junior national championships grew 15% (275.5 [...]
An Official’s Impact: Changing the Narrative By Teaching the Next Generation
When Daniel was 10 years old a friend from school invited him to play volleyball because his team needed one more player. Although he'd never played before, his friend assured him it was easy, [...]
JVA and Nike Volleyball Announce a Partnership Extension with Enhanced Benefits for JVA Members and Event Participants
Naperville, IL (August 13, 2025) — Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) is proud to announce an extension of its successful partnership with Athlete Performance Solutions (APS), the global distributor for Nike Volleyball footwear, continuing their [...]
Awards
TEAM Kiwi Wins JVA Club of the Month
Founded in March 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, TEAM Kiwi Volleyball Club was built from the ground up by Eric Praetorius and Spencer Hilland with a clear mission: to create [...]
JVA Names the Recipients of the 2025 JVA Junior Club Service Award
JVA is pleased to announce the 35 individuals honored with the 2025 JVA Junior Club Service Award. This award recognizes the dedication and loyalty of the coaches, club directors and administrators of JVA member [...]
JVA Names Two Volleyball Directors for the AVCA T.E.A.M. Awards
The JVA is proud to honor two volleyball club directors, Erin Golden and Ron Reyes for the AVCA T.E.A.M. Awards—which promote Togetherness, Empowerment, Accessibility, and Mentoring within the volleyball community. The AVCA T.E.A.M. Awards [...]
Training
3 Ways for Volleyball Athletes to Build Mobility
Being a mobile athlete should be a goal for all individuals playing the sport of volleyball. Greater mobility and flexibility allows for volleyball athletes to perform the ranging movements needed to receive the ball, [...]
3 Benefits of Upper Body Strength Training for Volleyball Athletes
It can be easy to focus on the lower body when training for volleyball. All of the jumping, fast reactions and explosive movements that happen on the court are started by the lower [...]
3 Benefits of Lower Body Strength Training for Volleyball Athletes
Lower body weight training is very common among athletes who are looking to improve their performance on the court. When looking at collegiate and professional volleyball players, there’s no shortage of athletes that [...]
Parents
JVA announces a partnership with Athlete Foundry focused on service to volleyball families
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (June 22, 2023)– JVA announces that it has partnered with Athlete Foundry, a veteran-owned EdTech company, providing its premium student athlete holistic development platform to all JVA clubs as a member-benefit. The Junior [...]
Create an Exploratorium Not a Dungeon: Reasons Why Physical Punishment is Not the Answer
It amazes me that this far into the 21st century, coaches still believe that doing physical punishment is a valuable use of their limited training time. I addressed this over a decade ago in [...]
Signs, Symptoms and Resources for Concussions in Volleyball
Volleyball is growing in popularity all over the world. While it's not a high contact sport like football and ice hockey, the combination of high speed hits and aggressive diving and defense pose a high [...]
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
2020 BVCA Club Challenge Series powered by JVA
The JVA is proud to announce the 15 events in the 2020 BVCA Club Challenge Series powered by the JVA. After a successful 2019 inaugural season, the excitement has increased for the club vs club format, and more beach clubs are adapting to...
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...
