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A Volleyball Comeback Story: High School Volleyball Player Returns to the Court After the Fight of His Life
On a summer day in a small coastal town in Spain, Finn Chapin surfaced from a pool and grabbed [...]
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An Official’s Impact: The Power of Mentorship
Twenty one years into his volleyball officiating career, Shawn Davis still has as much fun as he did in year one. Whether he's beautifully singing the national anthem or facilitating a juniors volleyball match, [...]
Coaching Solutions: How to Track Your Team’s Earned Points vs Error Points
When deciding which statistics to track for your volleyball team, the first step is to make sure it is data that can be used to improve your team's performance. There is no need to [...]
Coaching Solutions: 10 Ways to Help Volleyball Beginners Improve Their Serve
From The Volleyball Coach's Book of Lists A common question I hear from coaches of young teams concerns troubleshooting for new servers who lack power and struggle to get their serves over the net. [...]
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NYC Juniors Empowers Young Females through Scholarship Fund
NYC Juniors is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization offering over $200,000 annually in financial support to aspiring young volleyball players in New York City. Since its formation in 1993 the club has been committed to a [...]
Carolina Select Serves Local Community During the Holiday Season
During the month of December, Carolina Select serves its local community in more ways than one. The club was formed in 2008 as a 501(c)3, fielding 5 teams the first year, and 15 teams today. [...]
From the JVA Office: JVA Club Training Curriculum
Maintaining a positive and competitive culture is critical to a club's success and longevity. The challenge lies in the ability to identify, train and retain the coaching staff essential to teaching the physical, mental and [...]
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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...
3 Physical Elements of Performance that are Critical When Introducing Volleyball at Any Age
There are many opportunities for young athletes to compete through recreation leagues, school leagues and travel ball, but there are fewer opportunities for young athletes to receive quality training in the physical elements of performance. Jumping, hand-eye coordination and agility...
Beach Club Duals: Formatting Options to Adopt Club vs Club Competition at the Junior Level
A fast-growing beach volleyball tournament format is the “Club vs. Club” or “School vs. School” format, generally referred to as a dual tournament. This is the format that made it practical for the NCAA to adopt beach volleyball. The Club...
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3 Tips to Help Indoor Volleyball Players Transition to Beach
The transition from indoor to beach volleyball is one that can be both exciting and challenging. Living in the Midwest offers its own set of hurdles as players do not have the same opportunities as those living on the coasts...
3 Common Myths in the Volleyball Recruiting Process
Let's examine three myths that aim to detour the athletes from achieving maximum success in the recruiting process. The goal here is to uncover a few 'facts' that spur on not only athletes but also Club Directors and Recruiting Coordinators to heed the 'call to action'. Action that leads to results.
Recruiting is a Reward
Recently, I felt compelled to pen a letter to our athletes that are struggling to find perspective as they traverse the recruiting journey. It was meant to be a ‘call to persevere’ and a ‘call to be set free’ from...
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