The July Issue of VolleyBiz

The Official Newsletter for Junior Volleyball

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The monthly newsletter designed to inform the junior volleyball community of the news, events, education and trends related to club volleyball.

3 Ways to Increase Participation in Your Boys Program

Junior volleyball clubs are seeing a spike in participation levels, especially at the high school divisions 15U-18U. Boys volleyball is one of the fastest growing sports in the U.S, with 36 states offering high school boys volleyball; 28 of those states are sanctioned by the high school federation. Here are three ways to capitalize on the growth of boys volleyball and grow participation in your volleyball club.

Technology Solutions: 8 Tips to Avoid Email Phishing Scams

Email hackers are great at pretending to be someone you know or an organization you are likely to interact with. They use this disguise to trick you into sharing valuable information or downloading malware. The key to avoiding this type of attack is to recognize the bait. Below, we’re serving up eight tips to help you recognize and avoid email phishing scams.

The JVA is pleased to announce the 2024 JVA Best in Beach powered by Fivestar that recognizes the nation’s top female JVA beach athletes for outstanding achievement during the competitive beach season.

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3 Benefits of Lower Body Strength Training for Volleyball Athletes

When a lower body workout program is designed around the athletes personal goals and time of year, the benefits and health they will receive will be levels above those who are not involved in a workout program. Here are 3 benefits a volleyball athlete will receive from a lower body strength training program.

The JVA is pleased to announce the 75 student athletes selected to the 2024 JVA Boys All-National Team powered by Fivestar, which recognizes the top male indoor volleyball players competing for a JVA member club in the 15U-18U divisions this club season.

Beach Volleyball Stats: 4 Skills that are Easy and Useful to Track to Win More Matches

While win-loss records can be the result of improvements in skill, there are many incremental skill improvements that can only be measured through stats. Tracking just 4 key skills can provide a very clear direction to focus your beach training.

In this week's JVA Coach to Coach Video of the Week powered by Netlynx Sports Mintonette Sports (Columbus, Ohio) shares warm-up ball control drills to maximize reps when training multiple teams on one court. The drills keep the athletes moving and getting a lot of opportunities to contact the volleyball. The Director, Max Miller, also explains their training philosophy and schedule as the season progresses.

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Tools for Researching College Programs and Understanding the Recruiting Rules

View resources and information for prospective student athletes, coaches and Recruiting Coordinators to navigate the recruiting process.

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The Power of a Well Designed Timeout

Nobody wants to call a time out. It almost always indicates your team is struggling or doing some things you certainly didn’t train them to do! In terms of match impact, however, your time outs are your best opportunity to influence your team and players. Let’s focus on the timeout that we call and the decision making process during a set.

Coaching Mental Performance:
Reinforcement and Punishment

After the season I always find it appropriate to challenge coaches to reflect on how their teams formed and performed throughout the season. Often with these reflections we get coaches that feel as if the team "lacked discipline in tight situations," "weren’t mentally tough enough when it mattered" or "needed more focus during training". When asked to dive into the situation further, we get reports of coaches trying to facilitate resilience and discipline through negative reinforcement or punishment.