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NCAA Team Finals & The Balance: My Years Coaching Simone Biles Author Interview

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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 BONUS CONTENT
      • Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes.
      • Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails.
      • Not sure about joining the club? College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here.
      • 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course)
MERCH
  • GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast!
NEWSLETTERS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP EPISODES RESOURCES

RESISTANCE Submitted by our listeners.

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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 BONUS CONTENT
      • Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for access to weekly Behind the Scenes episodes.
      • Club Gym Nerd members can watch the podcast being recorded and get access to all of our exclusive extended interviews, Behind The Scenes and College & Cocktails.
      • Not sure about joining the club? College & Cocktails: The Friday Night NCAA Gymnastics Post-Meet Show is available to sample (even if you aren't a Club Gym Nerd member yet). Watch or listen here.
      • 2025 College & (M)Cocktails menu (including mocktails of course)
MERCH
  • GymCastic Store: clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly and even “tapestries” (banners, the perfect to display in an arena) to support your favorite gymnast!
NEWSLETTERS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP EPISODES RESOURCES

RESISTANCE Submitted by our listeners.

  continue reading

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