The dramatic video review that corrected the NCAA Team Finals (Photo Galleries) and Aimee Boorman and co-author Steve Cooper are here to talk about Aimee's memoire The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles OUT NOW! GymCastic LIVE SHOW at 2025 NCAAs What are people saying? Gymnerd808 said, "Hiiiii if youre not on the @GymCastic live show right now …... you're missing out! go purchase a replay ticket immediately. The tea being spilled is piping hot. Patrick is everything." REPLAY TICKETS: Virtual and...
The dramatic video review that corrected the NCAA Team Finals (Photo Galleries) and Aimee Boorman and co-author Steve Cooper are here to talk about Aimee's memoire The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles OUT NOW!
GymCastic LIVE SHOW at 2025 NCAAs - What are people saying? Gymnerd808 said, "Hiiiii if youre not on the @GymCastic live show right now …... you're missing out! go purchase a replay ticket immediately. The tea being spilled is piping hot. Patrick is everything."
- REPLAY TICKETS: Virtual and In-Person tickets
NCAA Championships - Oklahoma overcame the 2024 vault gremlins and won its 7th NCAA Championship title!
- UCLA defied early-season expectations and finished as the runner-up
- Missouri went out with a BANG, earning its highest final placement in program history
- Utah finished in fourth after a late-meet beam inquiry for Amy Weir bumped Missouri ahead by 0.012
- Why Frida Esparza wins the "fighting fascism even when it's inconvenient" award
- Our rotation-by-rotation recap of this meet, plus our favorite moments
- Oklahoma's beam domination vs. Utah's beam woes
- Why Chae Campbell is the only person allowed to do a Yurchenko full
- Helen. Motherfreaking. Hu.
- Was UCLA close to upsetting Oklahoma?
- Avery Neff's LEGIT 9.975 on vault
"The Balance" Interview with Aimee Boorman and Fact Checker - The story behind why Simone underperformed at 2013 Classics
- What does it mean that Marta was great at discriminated skill selection?
- The story Aimee has about *checks notes* cadavers?
- How Aimee was able to put up with Steve Penny for all of those years
- How Aimee was able to teach Simone the INSANE skills she does
- Why this book is a departure from the typical coaching narrative and opens up an honest conversation about vulnerability in elite sports
- The toll elite sports coaching takes on family life and Aimee's advice for coaches
Aimee Boorman Interviews - Women’s Finals Recap with Aimee Boorman and Christian Gallardo
- Aimee Boorman and Maggie Haney: The Olympic Experience
- Aimee addresses her co-interviewee in her book
- Behind The Scenes: Aimee Answers More Questions
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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP EPISODES - Behind The Scenes: 2025 NCAA Team Finals Live from Ft Worth
- NCAA Championships 2025: All Around, Event Finals, Team Semifinals
- 2025 NCAA Championships Preview & Journalist’s First Gender-Diverse Gymnastics Meet
RESOURCES - Spencer's essential website The Balance Beam Situation
- Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim
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