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Beach Solutions: Marketing Strategies for Beach Volleyball Programs Not Connected to an Indoor Pipeline
Building a successful beach volleyball program does not require an established indoor club to supply athletes. Some of the [...]
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2025 JVA Challenge Series presented by i6
Milwaukee, WI — Monday, Sept. 16, 2024 The JVA is pleased to announce the return of the highly anticipated 2025 JVA Challenge Series presented by i6. The series features 25 premier volleyball tournaments designed [...]
Junior Volleyball Club Survey Data Analysis
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 [...]
How to Make Smarter Decisions for Your Volleyball Organization by Using Data and Analytics
The plight of a youth sports organizer is a complex one. By day, you’re a coach, mentor, trainer, and organizer who makes sure programming runs smoothly, games start on time, kids are where they [...]
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Club Directors
JVA Announces Partnership with USSCI to Protect Volleyball Clubs and Youth Athletes Nationwide
The JVA is pleased to announce a partnership with USSCI to help volleyball athletes that are impacted by the unexpected. Every year thousands of athletes find themselves unable to play the sport they love due [...]
From the JVA Office: A Case for Discussing Racial Inequity
Racial equality is not considered a fun topic to think about let alone discuss, but in order to be a part of the solution of making the world a better place for future generations, we [...]
Payroll Protection Program: Steps to Assure Loan Forgiveness for Your Club
Now that you have received your PPP (Payroll Protection Program) Loan you want to make sure you are keeping records to provide your loan provider and the SBA to take advantage of the loan forgiveness [...]
Coaches
Keys to a Successful Recruiting Program
As a volleyball club, providing a well-executed recruiting program for athletes and families is within our wheelhouse and should be a key part of the services we offer to our clientele. The program can be adapted to a club at...
5 Keys to Master the Art of Ball Entry
Great coaches do more than give constructive feedback and develop talent; they also run efficient practices. Ball entry is an art form, and when done at the right pace, timing and location it can make the drill one hundred times...
3 Alarming Trends in Today’s Athletes
Rey Castillo tells his students athletes the importance of "switch mode," being able to transform from an offensive to defensive player in a fraction of a second. But the esteemed Michigan-based volleyball coach practices what he preaches in his own...
















