The Discipleship Hoops Podcast

Jimmie L. Lucas
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The Discipleship Hoops Podcast is where faith and basketball collide to inspire, equip, and challenge athletes, parents, and coaches to grow on and off the court. Each episode dives into elite training insights, mental toughness strategies, faith-based encouragement, and real-life lessons from the game. Whether you're a player striving for greatness, a parent supporting the journey, or a coach leading the next generation, this podcast is your guide to training with purpose, playing with faith, and building a legacy beyond basketball. Believe...Build...Ball...

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    Season 3, Episode 5 | Bill Maner: Faith, Coaching & A Life of Impact

    What happens when basketball becomes more than a game and becomes a way to serve others? In Season 3, Episode 5 of the Discipleship Hoops Podcast, Coach Jimmie Lucas sits down with Bill Maner, educator, coach, missionary, and founder of Active Impact International. Bill’s journey has taken him from the classroom and basketball court to mission work in El Salvador and back into coaching. In this conversation, we talk about the lessons he has learned through coaching, ministry, leadership, family, and answering God’s call in different seasons of life. We also discuss returning to Laurel Christian, developing young athletes, building culture, balancing coaching boys and girls basketball, and why the impact of a coach reaches far beyond wins and losses. This episode is about purpose, service, faith, and using the opportunities God gives us to impact the next generation. Subscribe to the Discipleship Hoops Podcast and join us for conversations about basketball, faith, leadership, family, coaching, and developing young people beyond the game. The game is the platform. Discipleship is the mission. Support the show

  2. Sep 18

    Season 3, Episode 4 | Beyond the Bleachers: A Mom’s Perspective

    This week on the Discipleship Hoops Podcast, we’re doing something a little different. Coach Jimmie Lucas sits down with his wife for an honest conversation about youth sports from a perspective we don’t hear enough: the parent behind the athlete and the spouse behind the coach. They talk about the early morning drop offs, financial sacrifices, long seasons, being a team mom, handling a child’s disappointment, knowing when to protect and when to allow adversity to teach, and the challenge of keeping family first when sports can easily consume the calendar. The conversation also goes behind the scenes of being married to a coach. What happens when the criticism comes home? How do you support your husband without trying to fix everything? And what advice would she give a young coach’s wife preparing for the demands of a long season? This episode isn’t about being the perfect sports parent. It’s about showing up, learning along the way, supporting your children while allowing them to grow, and remembering that behind every athlete and coach is often a family making sacrifices nobody sees. Season 3, Episode 4: Beyond the Bleachers: A Mom’s Perspective Subscribe to the Discipleship Hoops Podcast and share this conversation with another sports parent, team mom, coach, or coach’s wife. The game is the platform. Discipleship is the mission. Support the show

  3. Sep 10

    S3E3 From Being Recruited to Recruiting Others with Coach Jonathan Lucas

    Season 3, Episode 3 | From Being Recruited to Recruiting Others with Coach Jonathan Lucas On this episode of the Discipleship Hoops Podcast, I sit down with Coach Jonathan Lucas, assistant men’s basketball coach at Jones College, for a conversation about his journey from high school standout to college player, trainer, and now college coach. Jonathan shares his experience navigating the recruiting process coming out of Hartfield Academy and how his perspective has changed now that he’s sitting on the other side of the table recruiting high school athletes himself. We talk about what college coaches are really looking for, mistakes young players make during recruiting, player development, work ethic, and what separates talented players from those who are truly prepared for the next level. We also go beyond basketball and talk about the importance of family, the sacrifices his parents made throughout his journey, the constant support of his mother, Lisa, his upcoming marriage, faith, and the kind of coach and man Jonathan hopes to become. For young athletes who dream of playing college basketball, and for the parents helping them navigate that journey, this is a conversation worth hearing. Season 3. Episode 3. Coach Jonathan Lucas. Subscribe to the Discipleship Hoops Podcast and follow along throughout Season 3. The game is the platform. Discipleship is the mission. #DiscipleshipHoops #CollegeBasketball #BasketballRecruiting #JonesCollege #PlayerDevelopment #BasketballTraining #FaithAndBasketball Support the show

  4. Sep 3

    Season 3 Episode 2: For The Culture

    **Season 3, Episode 2 | More Than the Game: Why Discipleship, Culture & the Mind Matter** There are a lot of new people joining the Discipleship Hoops community, so in this solo episode, Coach Jimmie Lucas goes back to the beginning—reintroducing the heart behind Discipleship Hoops and why the mission has always been bigger than basketball. I also reflects on his first month as the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Sylva-Bay Academy and what he's learning about leadership, relationships, building culture, and developing young men. The conversation then turns to one of the most overlooked areas in youth sports: **mental performance.** We spend countless hours teaching athletes how to shoot, dribble, lift, run, and compete, but are we equally preparing them to handle pressure, mistakes, failure, expectations, negative self-talk, and adversity? In this episode: * The story and mission behind Discipleship Hoops * Lessons from the first month as a head coach * Building a culture that goes beyond slogans * Why mental performance needs to be trained * Helping athletes respond to mistakes and adversity * The role parents play in developing resilient athletes * Why identity must be bigger than athletic performance * Developing the complete athlete—body, mind, character, and faith Basketball eventually ends. **Who the game helps you become lasts much longer.** Subscribe to the Discipleship Hoops Podcast and join us throughout Season 3 for conversations about basketball, faith, leadership, mental performance, parenting, coaching, and developing the next generation. **The game is the platform. Discipleship is the mission.** Support the show

  5. Aug 15

    A New Season Is Upon Us

    Season 3, Episode 1 | A New Season Is Upon Us Welcome to Season 3 of the Discipleship Hoops Podcast. In this solo episode, Coach Jimmie Lucas reflects on the journey through the first two seasons and shares the vision for what's ahead. More than a season of basketball, this is a season of growth, purpose, and intentionality. This episode challenges athletes, parents, and coaches to embrace the opportunity that every new season brings. Whether you're stepping onto the court, into the classroom, or into a new chapter of life, your habits, mindset, and character will determine where the journey leads. In this episode, we discuss: Why every new season is an opportunity for growthLessons learned from Seasons 1 and 2The current state of youth sports and what needs to changeWhy character must come before championshipsHonoring the game through discipline, preparation, and purposeThe vision for Season 3 of the Discipleship Hoops PodcastThis season, we're going deeper with conversations featuring coaches, athletes, missionaries, parents, and leaders who are using basketball to impact lives far beyond the court. Because at Discipleship Hoops, we believe: The game is the platform. Discipleship is the mission. If this episode encouraged you, please subscribe, leave a review, and share it with another athlete, parent, coach, or friend. Thank you for being part of the journey. Welcome to Season 3. Support the show

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The Discipleship Hoops Podcast is where faith and basketball collide to inspire, equip, and challenge athletes, parents, and coaches to grow on and off the court. Each episode dives into elite training insights, mental toughness strategies, faith-based encouragement, and real-life lessons from the game. Whether you're a player striving for greatness, a parent supporting the journey, or a coach leading the next generation, this podcast is your guide to training with purpose, playing with faith, and building a legacy beyond basketball. Believe...Build...Ball...

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  • Creator
    Jimmie L. Lucas
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Discipleship Hoops Podcast
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