Category: NCAA

Amelia Hundley would make a great coach

Just saying’.

Experience. Leadership. Team. 

Amelia‘s attitude reminds me of Courtney Kupets.

I’ve been a big fan since seeing Amelia’s first international competition — Japan Junior International 2011.

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Gators 10.0 for frontline workers

Florida Gators were killing it in 2020. Undefeated in the SEC.

Jenny Rowland – NCAA Coach of the Year

A huge bounce back after not qualifying for 2019 Nationals.

But rather than being bitter about the COVID-19 season being cut short, they send thanks to everyone flattening the curve, reducing deaths and bringing back the economy as quickly as safely possible.

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Mattie Larson interview

Mattie is out in the real world, an emergency dental assistant right now during COVID-19.

From L.A., coached by Galina Marinova, they did a lot of ballet in club. Galina was strict about form and line.

Mattie competed for UCLA 2012 and 2013.

Click PLAY or watch a fun interview with Dave Lease on YouTube.

Randy Lane will coach newest NCAA Div 1 team

Congratulations to one of the good guys.

Randy has a wealth of experience from all his years assisting at UCLA.

This team is going to draw big crowds being in the greater NY City market.

Hannah Hartung interview

The daughter of Olympic great Jim Hartung just finished her first year at Eastern Michigan University Gymnastics.

Dad was all-around NCAA champion in 1980 and 1981 for Nebraska, leading those teams to four straight national championship teams: 1979–1982.  Jim is still at Nebraska as an assistant coach.

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remembering Brown coach Jackie Court

For more than four decades, Jackie Court shaped legions of young women through gymnastics: as a coach at Brown University who led the team through a landmark legal fight for equity in collegiate sports, as the creator of the competitive gymnastics program at the YWCA, and as a seasoned judge assessing performances throughout the state. …

Court, of South Kingstown, died Easter Sunday, April 12, at age 81. In 1969, she became the first woman of color to coach at Brown. …

‘A woman who overcame everything’: Paying tribute to college sports pioneer Jackie Court

Jackie was the voice in the early development of women’s gymnastics in Rhode Island.  She organized the first tri competitive high school meet and USAG State Meet.  Jackie was Rhode Island’s first state chairperson and held the position for 18 years.  …

Black Gymnasts in History 2018: Jackie Court

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Her son, John Court, is Head Coach at Arizona Gymnastics. His team was NQS #27 before the 2020 season was cut short due to the COVID-19.

Coaching clinic for COVID19 Food Banks

Free online. LIVE this Saturday, May 2nd streaming from SHIFT’s YouTube and Facebook Page.

Fund-raising by donation.

  • 10:30am – 12:00pm ET – Dave Tilley – Intro, Fundraising Details, and Strength and Conditioning
  • 12:00pm – 1:00pm – Dr. Josh Eldridge – Fueling For Performance: What Coaches and Gymnasts Need To Know About Nutrition
  • 1:00pm – 2:00pm – Nick Ruddock – Essential Techniques for Yurchenko Vaulting
  • 2:00pm – 3:00pm – Tom Meadows – Essential Techniques for Men’s High Bar Dismounts
  • 3:00pm – 4:00pm – Dr. Ali Arnold – Come Back Stronger: Mental Toughness Techniques for Coaches and Gymnasts
  • 4:00pm – 5:00pm – Jordyn Wieber, Chris Brooks – Developing Healthy and High Performing Cultures
  • 5:00pm – 6:00pm – Jessica O’Beirne, Spencer Barnes, Kensley Behel – GymCastic Podcast Episode
  • 6:00pm – 7:00pm – Colin Van Wicklen – Live Q&A Session
  • 7:00pm – 8:00pm – Madison Kocian, Kyla Ross, Val Kondos Field – Live Q&A Session

After the event, you’ll be able to watch any of the presenters on the SHIFT Movement Science YouTube channel.

Jamie Dantzscher interview

One of GymCastic’s best yet. 

Jamie Dantzscher was a 2000 Olympic medalist, at the end of the darkest era of USA Gymnastics in my opinion.

She went on to a fantastic career at UCLA. One of the greats of all time. She led UCLA to 3 NCAA Championships in four years.

But we know Jamie best as one of the most vocal critics of the Karoli years. And her February 2017 60 Minutes interview alongside  Jeanette Antolin and Jessica Howard accusing the USAG criminal doctor.

What makes this interview so winning is Jamie’s blunt honesty. Down to earth. Saying what she thinks.

I was totally won over. Let’s all wish Jamie Dantzscher well.

You can listen online or subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

IT’S JAMIE DANTZSCHER YOU GUYS