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Max Miller and Matt McEvoy Elected to the JVA Board of Directors
We are happy to announce that Max Miller has been re-elected and Matt McEvoy has been elected to the [...]
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Maggie Griffin and Kris Wojiek-Stein Elected to the JVA Board of Directors
The JVA is pleased to announce that Maggie Griffin has been re-elected to the JVA Board of Directors and Kris Wojiek-Stein has been elected to the JVA Board of Directors. This will be Maggie's [...]
Beach Solutions: Create a Standout Highlight Video for Junior Beach Volleyball Recruitment
A well-crafted highlight video is one of the most critical tools for junior beach volleyball athletes aiming to attract college coaches. It serves as your introduction to coaches, showcasing your skills, athleticism, and understanding [...]
JVA and VKTRY Gear Enhance Partnership through Recognition of JVA Student Athletes
The Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) is pleased to announce VKTRY Performance Insoles as the Title Sponsor of all JVA Player Awards in 2025. This partnership will be instrumental for junior volleyball players to take [...]
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2019 JVA Challenge Series
The JVA is now accepting applications for the 2019 JVA Challenge Series, a series of elite tournaments hosted by JVA member clubs across the country. Learn how you can be a part of the nation's elite volleyball events.
Know Your Rights for Open Market and Gun Laws
As a facility owner making plans to host tournaments this year, are you happy with your options? Are you in a region that puts limits on your plans? Are you free to host the events that you need in order...
Tamarack Beach Volleyball Club Wins JVA Club of the Month
Tamarack Beach Volleyball Club was founded in the Summer of 2013 in Carlsbad as a small year-round boutique beach club with only 4 athletes. The goal was to train the fundamentals of the game as well as high level beach volleyball skills...
Club Directors
6 Keys to Club Financial Assessment and Management
It takes a lot of the same grit and determination that it does to train athletes to perform on the court as it does for Club Directors and Administrators to perform in a financial [...]
Business Solutions: Revenue Protection Insurance and Considerations for Your Club
As the cost of living continues to climb, many families are re-evaluating how and where they spend their money including in youth sports. While most parents are willing to make sacrifices to keep their [...]
Appalachian Boys Power League Launches in 2023
Growing boys volleyball in Tennessee has been a most rewarding challenge. In 2012 K2 Volleyball Coach Cory Felts started a boys team that included his son and his son's friends, some other coaches' sons, and [...]
Coaches
Attacking Drills to Train Proper Technique and Eliminate Bad Habits
To develop proper attacking technique it's important to break down specific steps for athletes to follow. Repetition on proper technique will create good habits as will reception on improper technique will create bad habits. Here are drills to train proper attacking habits, and eliminate the bad ones.
4 Tips to Help Manage the Stress of Tryout Season
As summer comes to an end, school volleyball is on the front burner of many minds. But for club directors, administrators and staff, club season is just around the corner. If you’re like me, you’re already devising practice...
Are volleyball scholarships guaranteed for four years?
It’s no secret that the volleyball recruiting process can get complicated, especially when it comes to athletic scholarships. One question many athletes wonder is whether volleyball scholarships are even guaranteed for four years. Find out the answer to this...
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A Driving Force in the Volleyball World
I think we can all agree that Social Media Platforms have taken over as the main mode of information dissemination for both business and personal use. We have discovered over the past few years how extremely important our social media...
4 Ways to Reach Out to College Coaches
For college coaches, the regular season has ended (except if the program made the NCAA tournament) and the crazy season has started. Crazy season? This is the time of year when college coaches conduct end of the season player meetings...
Recruiting Club Level vs. High School
Current polls tell us that over 85% of college coaches recruit at the club level versus high school. There are legitimate reasons for the majority of collegiate recruiting in the sport of volleyball to be tied to club volleyball. Of course...
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Summit Volleyball Wins JVA Club of the Month
The name Summit Volleyball is derived from two different meanings. A summit is the highest attainable point, which is what the Summit program reaches towards every day. Secondly, the club is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, whose nickname is the...
Beach Elite Wins JVA Club of the Month
Virginia Beach Volleyball Academy (Virginia Beach, VA) was founded 10 years ago this year. 6 years ago Beach Elite became the juniors program name and over the past few years this club has found ways to introduce the indoor and beach game...
Announcing the 2016 JVA Sponsor Clubs
You may notice a lot of JVA logos on the jerseys of your opponents this season. That was the case at the 2015 AAU National Volleyball Championships. For the second year in a row, the Junior Volleyball Association is giving over...
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