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

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

Fact Checker Wrote a Book with Simone’s Coach
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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 GymCastic Interviews

• Women’s Finals Recap with Aimee Boorman and Christian Gallardo 
• Aimee Boorman and Maggie Haney: The Olympic Experience
  • Aimee addresses suspended coaches 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
• Kensley’s all things men’s gymnastics: Neutral Deductions

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