Watch as AVCA 2022 Thirty Under 30 High School Award recipient, Great Crossing High School Volleyball Junior Varsity Coach, and AVCA Manager of Beach Volleyball, Events and Education Becca Just (KY) present the “Serve-Receive Drill.” This drill is presented in a block training format with balls right to the passer, short balls and deep balls on the left and right. Block training is especially useful to ensure young athletes are technically sound, and give some success through practice helping to balance the success-failure ratio and build confidence.
The AVCA is proud to feature Thirty Under 30 High School Award recipients presenting various drill videos – look for more featured Thirty Under 30 High School Assist videos in other AVCA Weekly Assist and Affiliations eNewsletters.
Congratulations to the MaxPreps/AVCA High School Players of the Week!! Each week, MaxPreps and the AVCA recognize deserving high school student-athletes who have demonstrated outstanding play on the court throughout the week of competition.
Want your athletes considered for Player of the Week? Update their stats in your free MaxPreps account by Sunday evening of each week!
Check out the AVCA/USA TODAY Super 25 and the AVCA/USA TODAY Regional Top 10 girls volleyball rankings as of October 20, 2023. The Super 25 National Rankings are based on the 2023-24 season and determined by AVCA member coaches. Regions are determined by the AVCA.
Mater Dei (CA) and Hamilton Southeastern (IN) hold down the top two spots in the new Super 25 rankings, which include teams from 16 different states.
The criteria for the Thirty Under 30 High School Award remain unchanged. Nominees/Award winners must be active AVCA High School/Interscholastic members and be 30 years old OR younger before December 31, 2023.
Nominations for both Awards are open now through Tuesday, October 31. A press release announcing the Award winners will be sent out in mid-November.
The American Volleyball Coaches Association unveiled its new logo and marks yesterday, providing a fresh look for the 42-year-old organization. The new logo is a continuation of the association’s identity update that kicked off in July with the debut of the revitalized AVCA website.
“We are thrilled to launch our new logo as part of the ongoing evolution of the AVCA,” says Jaime Gordon, AVCA CEO. “Our creative team has been working hard to update our visual identity to reflect what we aspire to be—and organization that serves the entire volleyball community—and to symbolize the dynamic future for the sport.”
The new logo represents the AVCA community as a team on one side of the net working together to advance coaches and volleyball. The exciting, modern look, accompanied by an updated color scheme and typography, ties in with the organization’s refreshed website.
You can find downloadable versions of the logo in the AVCA Brand Kit on the website. The page also contains more on logo usage, details on the association’s updated colors, and other information on the AVCA brand.
IVHF Recognizes Kathy DeBoer
The International Volleyball Hall of Fame recognized Kathy DeBoer with its Mintonette Medallion of Merit award during the 2023 Hall of Fame Banquet on October 21, in Holyoke, MA. The award is given in recognition of significant individual achievement and dedication to the sport of volleyball. During the ceremony in Holyoke, MA, the Hall of Fame also welcomed its six-member 2023 class of inductees.
