As the seconds ticked by, the parents on the sideline began pacing back and forth as their daughters held onto a one-goal lead late in the soccer game. The pacing gradually turned into jumping and screaming, but amid all that, the two coaches stayed cool. After each time their team narrowly avoided allowing the goal […]
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Christoph Bono shares athletic success with father at UCLA
Instead of running around playrooms as a kid, Christoph Bono ran around inside NFL locker rooms with NFL stadiums as his playground. Years before the redshirt sophomore outfielder was making a game-saving catch to help UCLA baseball advance in the College World Series during its 2013 national championship run, he was hammering on the bolts […]
UCLA pole vaulter jumps past preliminary struggles
Since Elena Clarke was in the eighth grade, the pole vault crossbar was always an obstacle she wanted to conquer. By the end of her time in high school, she had already cleared an obstacle hovering a full 12 feet, 8 inches off the ground. Now a junior on the UCLA track and field team, […]
UCLA Kendo Club finds balance between combat and discipline
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Yelling resonates throughout the entire second floor of the John Wooden Center. Some yells are long, some are short. Some yells are high-pitched shrieks, while others are deep, guttural sounds. But they’re all intense, […]
UCLA archery club trains to overcome challenges to body, mind
Aim, cock back, shoot, repeat. Aim, cock back, shoot, repeat. To the average bystander, archery looks pretty easy. There aren’t too many bodily movements involved in shooting and the targets are stationary. As a matter of fact, most of the members of the UCLA archery club, which competed in the U.S. Intercollegiate Archery Championship over […]
Robin Anderson’s coaching relationship with father extends beyond childhood
A tennis player demands certain expectations of a coach. A few of those: to point out any subtle flaws the player has and assess any recently acquired imperfect habits. Another, to offer a third-person vantage point and simultaneously recommend a cure. And for most successful players, add to that list a mutual understanding with his […]
Tennis takes Catherine Harrison on unconventional path to UCLA
When Catherine Harrison is on the court, the one thing that stands out the most isn’t how hard she hits, but how. She swings with a two-handed forehand, a tennis stroke that’s unconventional and rarely seen. At the same time, it’s a groundstroke she’s held onto for her entire tennis career, one that’s rooted from […]