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One-Day Tournament Formats to Fit Your Volleyball Club’s Competition Needs
One-day volleyball tournaments can be a game-changer for many boys and girls volleyball clubs and families. Here are some [...]
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From the JVA Office: 3 Ways to Use Your Voice to Guide the JVA
The JVA serves many purposes for the junior volleyball community; uniting club directors, coaches and educators to improve the junior volleyball experience, and striving to accomplish our vision to be the premier organization for the [...]
The Benefits of Gender Collaborative Training in Youth Volleyball
Modern western civilizations have embraced gender integration in many domains that were once separated by gender - in schools, in the military, and even the Boy Scouts (now rebranded as Scouts BSA); however, competitive youth [...]
Club Training Model: The First 6 Weeks
The first month of season is filled with excitement and eagerness to hit the ground running at the first few practices. It's common for girls teams to begin training around this time, in mid-November, [...]
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Club Directors
2020 JVA Sponsor Clubs Announced
The fifth year of the JVA Sponsor Program marks another record setting year as 64 clubs will receive part of the $200,000 that the JVA is giving back to its members this season.
From the JVA Office: The Junior Club Bill of Rights
Through daily phone conversations and page long emails with Club Directors, we hear of their frustrations, fears, and limitations. We often times serve as a sounding board and an ally in their struggle to survive in a competitive market. As...
Start-Up Spotlight: Midwest Boys Programs
There are roughly 6,000+ junior volleyball clubs nationwide, and each year brings more growth for the sport. But boys volleyball still has a way to go as the majority of junior clubs do not offer a boys program. This untapped market...
Coaches
Tackling the Tough Decisions at Tryouts with an Efficient Tryout Process
Your tryout participation numbers are through the roof. The marketing and recruiting efforts by your Director and Coaches have paid off. Now it is essential that you organize the 2-3 hours of your tryout as efficiently as possible to guarantee...
From the JVA Office: 4 Ways to Attract the Right Players to Your Club
Depending on your location, there could be several clubs within a driving distance of 20 to 60 minutes of your club, and for the right product, parents will drive their child even father if it means he or she will have a...
JVA Fall Webinar Series Revealed
The 2017 JVA Fall Webinar Series features six webinars related to the business of running a junior volleyball club and training your athletes to be the best they can be on and off the court. Webinars are free for JVA members...
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Girls
Volleyball Recruiting Cliff Notes: November
November is the start of the National Letter of Intent season! Especially pay attention to the early signing periods. Read more about signing the NLI and scholarships. November is the start of the National Letter of Intent season! Especially pay...
What to Expect in the Sand Game
By Amanda Youell - NVL Pro & NVL Club Med Academy Coach Junior players are fortunate to have the opportunity today to play both indoor and outdoor volleyball. Competitive sand volleyball wasn't an option when I was growing up so I transitioned into it
Scholarships: Is It Too Late For Seniors?
By Matt Sonnichsen, Director of Volleyball Relations for NCSA On my collegevolleyballcoach.com website, I receive many questions this time of the year from panicked parents about the college volleyball recruiting process. The parents are panicked because they
