GET THE EDGE
There comes a moment when talent is not enough. You feel the gap between your ambitions and your current performance. Get The Edge, shaped by Patrick Daniels’ decades of coaching, teaching, and mental training, gives you a clear roadmap to close that gap. You learn how athletes stay steady under pressure, respond instead of react, and rise when others tighten up. You build these skills step by step.
Patrick coached athletes for more than thirty years, taught thousands of students, and guided competitors through fear, burnout, and personal struggles. His experience forms the core of this book. He breaks down the habits that separate growth from stagnation. He shows you how to train your mind with the same discipline you bring to physical practice.
You work through ten hands-on workshops that shape how you think, train, lead, and recover. You set goals that matter. You replace negative thoughts with productive action. You learn control over breathing, posture, attention, and emotional responses. You practice character traits like honesty, discipline, and perseverance. Each section builds a stronger mindset so you compete with intention instead of guessing your way through pressure.
- You get practical skills drawn from real athletes and real competition.
- You learn to think clearly when nerves rise.
- You build confidence through habits.
- You finish with a plan for long-term growth.
Start building the mindset you want. Train your focus. Strengthen your emotions. Shape your leadership. Get The Edge gives you a structure that supports steady progress. Your next level starts with your commitment.
The Heart of the Game: More Than Just Volleyball
What if coaching wasn’t just about winning matches but about shaping hearts and minds? In The Volleyball Toolbox – The Heart of the Game, veteran coach Patrick G. Daniels distills more than three decades of experience into a guide that helps coaches and parents nurture both the athlete and the person. The book leads readers through building a clear coaching philosophy, transforming leadership from dictatorial to collaborative, cultivating selfless team play and honest communication, and recognising how unconscious biases shape decisions. It also introduces “biopsychosocial” coaching, where physical, mental, and social factors interact to shape performance.
A Comprehensive Toolbox for Coaches, Parents, and Players
This isn’t just a collection of drills. The Toolbox offers a roadmap for developing complete athletes and thriving programs:
- Coaching Philosophy & Culture: Daniels emphasises defining values and priorities before crises hit, showing how a written coaching philosophy anchors every decision.
- Team Systems & Skills: He details offensive and defensive systems, serving strategies, and position‑specific progressions refined over 35 years.
- Beyond the Box Score: Tools for evaluating improvement, turning errors into learning opportunities, and protecting athletes from overuse injuries.
- Modern Challenges: Guidance on social media, burnout, and navigating complex relationships, along with practical program‑management advice.
- Mental Edge: Strategies for developing resilience, positive body language, and composure under pressure.
Throughout, Daniels reminds readers that success isn’t measured by trophies but by the character and resilience athletes carry forward.
If you’re a coach, parent, or athlete who believes volleyball can be a vehicle for life‑changing lessons, The Volleyball Toolbox – The Heart of the Game is for you. By bridging technical expertise with leadership wisdom and holistic athlete development, it equips you to build teams that win with integrity and produce confident, selfless young people.
Ready to transform your approach? Dive into The Volleyball Toolbox – The Heart of the Game and discover the coaching blueprint that lasts long after the final whistle. Start applying its principles today and watch your program—and your players—thrive.
Coach the Storm
Train athletes to adapt, decide, and stay composed when volleyball turns chaotic.
Volleyball is unpredictable. Rallies often break down, momentum shifts quickly, and pressure rises. The athletes who succeed are those trained to solve problems rather than just follow plans. Coach the Storm introduces a coaching system based on ecological methods and years of hands-on experience to develop these adaptable athletes.
Coach the Storm shows you exactly how to create practices that introduce real pressure, not just routine patterns. It details chaos drills for anticipation, such as handling unexpected out-of-system digs on match point, routines for maintaining emotional steadiness during crucial transition plays, and culture tools fostering trust. You will also gain actionable methods for teaching cue reading during scrambling defensive scenarios, rapid adaptation to constraints in sudden momentum shifts, and swift recovery from mistakes in high-pressure moments.
What you get
• Clear drills that build decision quality under stress
• Simple tools for mental resets, focus, and emotional control
• Systems for out-of-system strength, game reading, and vision training
• Practice plans that train composure, communication, and leadership
• Parent and athlete guides that support the same message
For coaches who want game transfer, not clean lines.
For athletes who want confidence that lasts.
For teams that want to compete with clarity, grit, and purpose.
Build athletes who don’t fear the storm. They perform in it.