Valorie Kondos Field | LOS CLASSIC

Legends Of Sport

English - December 13, 2022 09:00 - 45 minutes - 20.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 116 ratings
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This week's LOS CLASSIC features legendary UCLA gymnastics coach - Valorie Kondos Field! Andy & Miss Val discuss her professional dance career, her path into coaching gymnastics, how Coach John Wooden's book informed her coaching style, how she transformed UCLA’s program, the topic of body shaming in gymnastics, changing the culture of the sport, Katelyn Ohashi, the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal, her battle with breast cancer, and what's next!