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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 [...]
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An Athleader’s Journey: Poised to Inspire, Create and Lead Others
Aidan started playing volleyball for his school when he was in 5th grade to see if he would like it. He knew next to nothing about the sport, and his only preconceived notions were [...]
Nearly 40 Beach Events Unite in the 2025 BVCA Club Challenge Series powered by JVA
The JVA is excited to announce that the 2024-2025 BVCA Club Challenge Series powered by the JVA is expanding to nearly 40 beach events across 15 states, a testament to the incredible cooperative effort of our [...]
Business Solutions: A Data-Driven Approach to Volleyball Club Salaries
The JVA surveyed a diverse landscape of junior volleyball clubs across the country with the goal of capturing key trends and data points that can guide decisions for junior volleyball club leaders. Below is [...]
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JVA Donates Part of Hurricane Fund
In September, JVA set up the "Rally Against Harvey and Irma" fund to help the people affected by the flooding and hurricanes. The fund raised over $6,000 and JVA is making sure every penny donated goes to a good and worthy...
Two Positions Up for Election on the JVA Board of Directors
The JVA has continued to grow and adapt as an organization dedicated to serving the most important participant of youth volleyball: our players! The JVA is dynamic and innovative, creating exciting ways to not only assist players but parents, coaches...
Lucky Dog Volleyball Named Title Sponsor of JVA Events
The Junior Volleyball Association (JVA) is pleased to announce Lucky Dog Volleyball as title sponsor of seven JVA hosted and run events in 2018.
Club Directors
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 [...]
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 [...]
Minnesota Select Wins JVA Club of the Month
Minnesota Select was founded late in 2003 for the 2004 junior volleyball season. The club fielded 12 teams during that first year and has grown steadily over the past two decades to its current [...]
Coaches
6 Facts About Junior College Volleyball and Why It Might Be a Smart Move
While many student-athletes focus on playing for a big-time Division 1 sports program, there are actually many reasons why junior college might make sense instead. With more than 300 junior college women’s volleyball programs in the US, research shows that many...
5 Ways to Train Your Athletes to LOVE to COMPETE
If you have played or coached sports long enough you know that not every win is notated in the win column, and not every loss is in a column either. If your will to compete is diminished, that’s going...
7 Keys to Blocking in Beach Volleyball
The blocker has a strategic role in beach that can be broken up into a few different segments. As the front defender, the blocker changes the way the attacker makes the ball cross the net either by blocking the ball...
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Video in the Recruiting Process: Simple and Significant
One of the KEY components in the recruiting process is getting a college coaches’ attention. With all of the correspondence college coaches and recruiting coordinators receive on a weekly basis (at all levels) it is mind boggling to figure out...
JVA Announces 2017 Ultra Ankle® JVA AthLeaders
The JVA has selected 20 girls indoor junior volleyball players who exemplify outstanding volleyball performance, academic excellence, leadership, responsibility, and selflessness to be honored as the 2017 Ultra Ankle® JVA AthLeaders.
The Sacrifices of a College Walk-On Player
With the ever increasing number of talented high school age volleyball players, combined with the constant in college volleyball programs, it has created a situation where many families are considering 'walking on' to a college volleyball team. For many talented walk on players, who were the best on their high school or club team, this can be a tough transition.
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