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Redeeming The Game

Redeeming The Game

By: Matt Sanders
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 This is a space for coaches, trainers, and leaders who love the game — but don’t want the game to cost them their family, their integrity, or their soul. Here, we talk about leadership, pressure, culture, identity, and the quiet tensions no one prepares you for when you step into coaching. This isn’t about chasing wins at all costs. It’s about restoring what the game was meant to form in us — and in the players we lead. This podcast is presented by the Beloved Coaches Collective, a community committed to coaching from identity, not insecurity. I’m Coach Sanders. Let’s redeem the game — one coach at a time.© 2026 Redeeming The Game by Matt Sanders Basketball Christianity Spirituality
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  • Hard Conversations That Build Athletes

    Hard Conversations That Build Athletes
    Apr 12 2026

    If I could go back and talk to my younger self as a coach, these are the 10 things I’d tell him first.

    I put them all into a free guide called “10 Things I Wish I Knew as a Young Coach.”

    No fluff. No playbooks. Just real lessons from years of coaching, leading, winning, losing, and learning.

    If you’re early in your coaching journey, or you want to coach with more purpose and clarity, grab it for free below.

    👇 Free download linked below 👇

    www.redeemingthegame.com/10things


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    13 mins
  • Lies we believed about coaching

    Lies we believed about coaching
    Apr 6 2026

    The lies we believed about coaching.

    Today’s episode is a little different.
    I’m sitting down with two guys who not only train at a high level…
    but have also been completely transformed in how they see coaching, identity, and the game itself.

    And today we’re talking about this:
    What’s the lie we believed about coaching… and what happens when that gets exposed?
    The game was never meant to define you.
    And the moment that lie starts to break…
    everything about how you coach begins to change.

    This is what it looks like to start redeeming the game.

    If I could go back and talk to my younger self as a coach, these are the 10 things I’d tell him first.
    I put them all into a free guide called “10 Things I Wish I Knew as a Young Coach.”
    No fluff. No playbooks. Just real lessons from years of coaching, leading, winning, losing, and learning.
    If you’re early in your coaching journey, or you want to coach with more purpose and clarity, grab it for free below.
    👇 Free download linked below 👇
    www.redeemingthegame.com/10things

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    48 mins
  • The 3 Things Every Player Actually Needs

    The 3 Things Every Player Actually Needs
    Mar 22 2026

    Most players don’t need more drills.

    They need something deeper. We default to skill development.
    Shooting reps. Ball handling. Conditioning.
    But we often neglect the foundation underneath it all.
    And when players struggle, it’s rarely because they don’t know enough.
    Every player needs three things:
    1. Stability
    📖 Hebrews 13:8
    “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”
    Players thrive when their coach is steady.
    If your mood rises and falls with the scoreboard, your team feels unsafe.
    Beloved coaches are anchored.
    2. Truth 📖 Ephesians 4:15 “Speaking the truth in love.”
    Truth without love humiliates. Love without truth weakens.
    Growth happens where honesty and care coexist.
    3. Belief Jesus called fishermen “fishers of men.”
    He saw beyond current performance.
    Beloved identity means you see players not just as they are but as they’re becoming.

    If I could go back and talk to my younger self as a coach, these are the 10 things I’d tell him first.

    I put them all into a free guide called “10 Things I Wish I Knew as a Young Coach.”

    No fluff. No playbooks. Just real lessons from years of coaching, leading, winning, losing, and learning.

    If you’re early in your coaching journey, or you want to coach with more purpose and clarity, grab it for free below.

    👇 Free download linked below 👇

    www.redeemingthegame.com/10things

    matt@redeemingthegame.com
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    17 mins
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