Club season is in full swing and during a given tournament weekend, the courts are crowded with players, parents and college coaches. Everyone is constantly intermingling throughout the tournament. In order to assist junior volleyball athletes and families with understanding what is permissible and non-permissible in terms of face to face communication, let’s review the NCAA Rules related to prospective student athletes and communication with college coaches during a tournament.

At A Better Way Athletics, the Official Partner of the JVA, we believe parents are the most foundational piece of the child's athletic journey. In this three-part series, we want to help you finish this season strong and be the best parent you can be for your child and the team they are representing. It’s not easy but our kids are worth it!

Designed by college coaches, the Talent ID Camps feature skill work, position work and live scrimmages that will let you showcase your skills and replicate match play. We’re accepting a limited number of players from the graduating classes of 2022-2025 at each position to maximize touches and exposure. The ID Camps will take place the day prior to every JVA tournament, making them a must-see opportunity for college coaches.

For younger athletes, partner selection is an easy process. Pick a player of similar skill level that you enjoy playing with and can compete together at a high level. But how do you create a high level partnership for high school, college and pro beach athletes?

A big trend in today’s beach world is management of players or combining the physical traits with a large amount of charted data from new computer applications and from this understanding, a partnership is born.

What do athletes Aaron Rogers, Jimmy Butler, Sheryl Swoopes and Albert Pujols have in common? They all began their collegiate playing careers at a junior college, i.e. JUCO!

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. Not only are junior colleges much more affordable and tend to be generous with athletic scholarships, but they also offer an opportunity to boost your grades before transferring to a bigger university. Additionally, many junior college rosters have talented volleyball players on them and well-known programs like to recruit players from junior colleges because they know they’re getting athletes that have college experience and can play right away.

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