Inside new UCLA gymnastics coach Janelle McDonald’s work restoring the Bruins program
LA TimesNew UCLA gymnastics coach Janelle McDonald hugs senior Margzetta Frazier during UCLA’s “Meet the Bruins” exhibition last month. “Whenever you’re struggling on anything, in life or in sport,” McDonald said, “you want to go back to the basics.” Between sky-high release skills, perfectly vertical handstands and a stuck dismount, Frazier has many high-scoring elements in her bar routine that the 2021 Pac-12 bars champion needed to fine-tune before the season. … Winning and success, however you want to define it, is going to be a byproduct of doing all those things correctly.” — UCLA gymnastics coach Janelle McDonald Consistency is the foundation of McDonald’s focus at UCLA. For new UCLA gymnastics coach Janelle McDonald, building a team culture is more important than a perfect floor routine — at least at the moment.
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