The main goal of this paper is to point out the activities and procedures of animation in volleyball in the Republic of Croatia and the possible difference according to gender. The sample of respondents includes 541 volleyball players under the age of 18, from the entire Republic of Croatia, who filled out the anonymous online questionnaire Activities and animation procedures in volleyball by Kurtović, Milić and Grgantov (2023). A total of 21 volleyball clubs participated in this research, and as expected, female volleyball players are represented with a relative value of 91.13%, that is, only 48 young volleyball players are included in this project. The results of this research confirm the real situation on the field, where the number of men's teams participating in national or regional competitions in the Republic of Croatia has been decreasing for the last ten years. The obtained results indicate the need for a new model of development and recognition of talents in volleyball, as well as a model that will fundamentally define the procedures and activities of animation in volleyball in the Republic of Croatia, which should also be the future guidelines of this research. One of the solutions that is imposed in this case is the modification and adoption of examples of good practice from other national associations that already have their animation models and to implement them at the national level of the Republic of Croatia. Of course, it would be desirable to further popularize all of the above via the Internet, through social networks and mobile applications, which represent an increasingly powerful tool in the promotion of not only sports animation, but all other forms and needs of everyday life and the rapid flow of necessary information.