UCLA's six-time NCAA Championship winning coach, Valorie Kondos-Field.
Copyright Christy Linder 2014
It's a Classic Episode with UCLA's ballet-dancer turned six-time NCAA Championships winning coach, Valorie Kondos-Field. Miss Val chats with Dvora Meyers, Blythe Lawrence, Jessica, and Uncle Tim about:
- The power of an athlete identity as retirement looms
- Collegiate gymnastics as one big life skills class
- The problems with basing self-esteem on performance
- Incentivizing artistry
- Her most embarrassing moment as a dancer
- Why so many of her athletes have the desire to go back to elite after college
- The actual dollar amount and experiential cost of losing NCAA eligibility
- What advice she gave Jordyn Wieber about going pro
- We discover how Miss Val and her former roommate inspired one of the creators of the television show Will and Grace
- Why Canadians thrive in NCAA
- Lastly, she tells the story of the amazing wedding gift she gave to a fan
The Bruin Gymnastics YouTube channel. 15 years of UCLA routines, including the fan favorite, "Floor Files"; individual playlists featuring each gymnasts' routines for all four years.
Miss Val on Twitter.
UCLA Gymnastics website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.
