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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 [...]
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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 [...]
NIL Basics for Volleyball Club Directors, Coaches, and Parents
Preparing Your Volleyball Athletes for Future Opportunities With Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) now a part of the college sports landscape, volleyball athletes have the opportunity to benefit financially from their personal brand. While [...]
Kokua Volleyball Club Wins JVA Club of the Month
In 2020, amid a global pandemic, Chan Esperas and Jamie Cleary launched Kōkua Volleyball Club, offering socially distanced beach volleyball training. With incredible mentors guiding them, they felt compelled to give back to the [...]
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Growing High School Boys Volleyball Through a Boys Grant Program
Indianapolis, Indiana, has become a growing hub for boys volleyball. Participation is rising across college programs, club teams, and competitive levels. However, high school boys volleyball teams in Indiana remain limited. The Academy Volleyball [...]
Business Solutions: Planning Your Club’s Summer Camp Offerings
Summer camps are not only a revenue generator, they are also a marketing tool to attract new athletes to your club. Let's take a look at factors to consider when planning your club's summer [...]
From the JVA Office: The New Normal
The COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down for junior volleyball club directors, owners and event operators. Endless adaptations were implemented into club and tournament operations, from cleaning protocols to running a youth league. Now [...]
Coaches
Warm-Up Drill That Will Elevate Your Beach Game
Having a great warm-up routine is an important step toward being a successful beach athlete and competitor. Brooke Niles shares one of her favorite beach warm-up drills and why it checks off all the boxes when it comes to preparing...
The Life-Changing Coach
There is no greater or more important person than a coach. And while I often state that everyone is an athlete, but our office is just different, everyone is also a coach. When things go bad with people and society...
Setting Drills to Train Proper Technique and Eliminate Bad Habits
Setters touch the ball more than anyone else in a volleyball match, therefore it's critical that coaches find ways to get their setters as many setting repetitions as possible. Even more important, is the quality of the touches on the ball, so the setter is developing proper habits to be able to deliver a clean, hittable set. Here are drills to train proper setting habits, and eliminate the bad ones.
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Don’t Play Volleyball This Summer
Now that I have your attention, let me clarify this seemingly crazy statement. Junior high and high school volleyball players who participate in club volleyball can be training almost year round. The transition from school volleyball immediately to club volleyball...
Three Steps to Your Best Beach Season Yet
As the summer beach volleyball season ramps up, and so does the heat, hydration isn't always the first thing on our minds. Hydration is a vital part of staying in competitive shape as an athlete. I've seen too many players get injured because they lost focus as a result of dehydration. Maintaining appropriate levels of hydration, although we know it is important, isn't always a priority. Just like executing a play in volleyball, you have to start with a plan in order to stay properly hydrated. Here's a look at what your hydration routine should look like before, during, and after you play.
There is No Magic Formula to Recruiting
There is no pulling a commitment out of a hat...there is no amount of abra cadabras that will get you an offer from the college of your dreams. No concoction of # of calls + # of emails + # of times you hit...
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