From Paris Olympics star and legendary gymnast Simone Biles’s longtime coach an insider’s look
at the making of a champion With a Foreword by Simone Biles The Balance is coach Aimee
Boorman’s inside account of the growth of a transcendent athlete and the tumultuous events—from
the dictatorial coaching of Martha Karolyi to the sexual abuse by Larry Nassar—that upended the
lives of many girls including Biles. Simone Biles is one of the greatest athletes of all
time. She’s won six all-around world championships and eleven Olympic medals (seven gold). Five
gymnastics moves are named after her she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the
youngest recipient ever) and at an age when most elite gymnasts have retired Biles is not
just still competing—she’s dominating. She’s soaring in Paris this summer bringing home more
Olympic gold. She’s having so much fun that LA 2028 is not out of the question. But when
coach Aimee Borman met her at a gym in Texas Simone was just a seven-year-old kid. An
exceptionally athletically gifted one to be sure but not yet great. That would take time
care love and balance. Boorman helped shape Biles both pushing her and holding her back
protecting both her mental and physical health. “She’s like a second mom to me ” writes Biles
and Boorman was the National Team coach in 2016 where the US—and Biles—took home all-around
gold. The Balance combines unprecedented insider perspective on a legend newsworthy details
on gymnastics history and compelling lessons on coaching leadership and development.
