Tag: Olympics
The latest news from our team, partners, and supporters.
DECEMBER 21, 2020 | for CONCUSSIONS
Olympic Medalist and Synchronized Swimming Coach Sara Lilly Joins the CrashCourse Advisory Team
Photo Credit: Texas Woman’s University As TeachAids continues to fortify its CrashCourse concussion curriculum, we are grateful that Sara Lowe Lilly, Synchronized Swimming Coach at Texas Woman’s University, is joining as an Advisor. At just 15 years of age, Lilly moved to San Francisco to pursue her athletic career in synchronized swimming. After being accepted to Stanford...
JULY 28, 2020 | for CONCUSSIONS, for COVID-19
Sheltering in Place as an Olympic Athlete
The sports world has been dramatically affected by COVID-19. Not only has there been an absence of events for the spectator in person and on television, but the impact on the participants themselves has been unprecedented. Due to social gathering restrictions, organized youth sports have been almost completely shuttered. High schools and colleges have been...
JUNE 22, 2020 | for CONCUSSIONS
USA Wrestling Partners with TeachAids to Further Concussion Awareness and Understanding
TeachAids is proud to announce a new partnership with USA Wrestling, the national governing body for the sport in the United States. Together, we will distribute CrashCourse Concussion Education to athletes, parents and coaches throughout the country. CrashCourse is an education initiative to provide the latest medical knowledge about the prevention and treatment of concussions. Developed...
FEBRUARY 3, 2020 | for CONCUSSIONS
12-time Olympic Medalist Natalie Coughlin Joins TeachAids Ambassador Team
TeachAids is honored to welcome Natalie Coughlin to our ambassador team. As a 3-time Olympian and 12-time Olympic medalist in swimming, Natalie Coughlin serves as a role model to youth athletes, and we are excited that she is joining in our efforts to teach them about head safety. Coughlin began swimming at the age of 6...
NOVEMBER 25, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
TeachAids Advisor Ted Robinson in Pac-12 Announcer’s Booth
This Pac-12 football season has been a fun one to watch, with Oregon and Utah leading ranks going into Week 14. Through it all, TeachAids advisor Ted Robinson has provided us all with insightful and entertaining coverage of the games as part of the Pac-12 Network. Ted Robinson has been with the Pac-12 Networks since its...
SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
TeachAids Ambassador Kate Courtney Wins Mountain Biking World Cup
Mountain Biker Kate Courtney is at the top of her game. In the past 9 years of competing, she has earned gold medals in 36 national and world cup races. Last year, she became the 2018 Elite XCO World Champion after winning gold the Cross-Country World Championship race in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. And on September 9th,...
AUGUST 20, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
Head Coach of Stanford Men’s Water Polo joins TeachAids
With his quick strategies and precision in and out of the pool, Head Coach John Vargas has exemplified and successfully taught the art of water polo. He took the Cardinal to win the NCAA championships his first year with the team, and has taken them back to the game five more years since. Vargas expects nothing...
MAY 6, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
CrashCourse Advisor Tara VanDerveer Inducted into Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame
Photo Credit: Troy Wayrynen/USA TODAY Sports Tara VanDerveer, the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women’s Basketball, has established herself as one of the top coaches in women’s basketball history. With almost four decades of coaching under her belt and inductions to both the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (2002) and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame...
APRIL 18, 2019 | for CONCUSSIONS
Olympic Coach Thom Glielmi joins CrashCourse Advisory Team
Photo Credit: Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Head Coach Thom Glielmi has lead Stanford men’s gymnastics to two NCAA Championships and 13 consecutive top-five finishes at the NCAA Championships. Coach Glielmi joins TeachAids as an Advisor for the CrashCourse concussion education initiative. Coach Glielmi is a three-time NCAA West Region Head Coach of the Year and...
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 | for CONCUSSIONS
World Champion Kate Courtney Joins TeachAids as an Ambassador
Kate Courtney’s biking career glitters with firsts: at age 16, she was the first American woman to win a UCI Mountain Bike World Cup as a Junior. In 2017 alone, she rode her way to first place in 9 of 12 races. And just this past weekend, Courtney became the first American to win the Mountain...
