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Yutaka Shimizu dies at 84; longtime L.A. high school basketball coach
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Yutaka Shimizu, who became a quiet institution among high school basketball coaches in Los Angeles during a career that began in 1959 and lasted the rest of his life, has died. He was 84.
Shimizu, who had a lung ailment, died Sunday at a Lakewood hospital, said Derrick Taylor, the Bellflower St. John Bosco coach with whom Shimizu continued to work.
He was the head coach at Hamilton High from 1959 to 1981, coaching future UCLA All-America Sidney Wicks and leading the team to a City Section runner-up finish in 1965. He was also head coach at Granada Hills Kennedy High from 1982 to 1999.
Later Shimizu became a trusted assistant coach and advisor to Taylor at Woodland Hills Taft and St. John Bosco, staying in the background while offering sage advice.
"He's the most underrated, great high school coach in our era," Taylor said. "No one understood how good a coach and how brilliant a basketball mind he is."
When Taylor was coaching in the 2007 McDonald's All-American game and walked into a room for breakfast with Shimizu, a familiar voice spoke up: "Coach Shimizu."
It was John Wooden, the former UCLA coach. "That's when you know you're the man, when the ultimate coach calls you over," Taylor said.
A second-generation Japanese American, Shimizu was born Feb. 27, 1928, in Los Angeles. His family was caught up in the war hysteria after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and sent to Wyoming as part of the internment of thousands of Japanese Americans on the West Coast.
The personable Shimizu talked about his family's interment with great reluctance.
"I know it's in the history books and it can't be erased. But it was a painful time, and I want to separate myself from the feelings," Shimizu said in a 1988 Times article.
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Prep football: Coaching shakeup at Jefferson, Benson
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Jerry Ulmer, The Oregonian, June 12, 2012 11 a.m.
Anthony Stoudamire won four Class 5A PIL titles in six seasons at Jefferson. - (Motoya Nakamura/The Oregonian)
New Jefferson coach Aaron Gipson (5) was a four-year starter at cornerback for Oregon from 2002 to 2005. - (Ross William Hamilton/The Oregonian)
Benson and Jefferson high schools will have new football coaches this season.
Anthony Stoudamire, Jeffersons coach for the past six seasons, has accepted the job at Benson. Jefferson has filled its vacancy with a rookie coach in former University of Oregon player Aaron Gipson, 28.
Jefferson decided not to renew the contract of Stoudamire, one of the most successful coaches in school history. Stoudamire went 44-27 and won four Class 5A Portland Interscholastic League titles with the Democrats, leading them to the state final in 2009, semifinals in 2008 and quarterfinals in 2007 and 2010.
Just a change, Jefferson vice principal Ricky Allen said of the decision. We just wanted to move in a different direction.
Stoudamire takes over a Benson team that hasnt won a playoff game since 1990 and hasnt had a winning record since 2001. He replaces Anthony Davis, whose contract was not renewed after coaching the Techmen to a 10-28 record in four seasons, including 2-8 last year.
Im excited, Stoudamire said. Ive always believed that Benson had just as good of athletes that Jefferson has had over the years. I know they can win.
Stoudamire reminded that Benson is the last PIL team to win a state championship (1988).
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Park Ridge, Niles coaching dads teach life’s lessons through fave pastime
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By JENNIFER JOHNSON jjohnson@pioneerlocal.com June 12, 2012 1:28PM
Park Ridge Baseball coach Mike Cristiano talks with his son, Antonio, between innings during a June 2 game at Southwest Park. | Jerry Daliege~For Sun-Times Media
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Updated: June 12, 2012 6:38PM
Mike Cristiano and Mike Passaneau grew up hitting curveballs as players with the Park Ridge Baseball organization.
Today they are still present on the ball field only this time theyre the ones coaching the game.
While their sons attempt to hit some out of the park, the men are the ones teaching them the techniques to accomplish it, while scoring a host of other benefits in return.
Its a great way to spend time with my boys and their friends, Cristiano, a Niles resident, says of coaching his sons Antonio, 14, and Nicholas, 11.
A coach for two Park Ridge Baseball teams and manager of a third, Cristiano got his start as a player in 1976 at the age of 6 years old. He played for 10 years before joining the Maine East High School baseball team and then, several years ago, got back into the game when his oldest son expressed a desire to play.
One of the best things the program has done for Cristiano and his boys is introduce them to new friends.
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Health plans expand services to boost members’ fitness
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Health plans are making moves toward offering one-on-one, customized health coaching to members, a new benefit they say members demand.
An example of the industrys direction came from WellPoint in May. The countrys second-largest private health insurer by membership announced it will offer some members access to a full-service online personal trainer who will be at the members beck and call, offering customized meal plans and workout tips along with as much support and advice as the member wants.
The Indianapolis-based parent of 14 Blues plans will give its employer and individual customers the option to buy discounted services from FitOrbit, an online weight loss and fitness service founded in 2009 by Jake Steinfeld, who came to fame in the 1980s with his frequently aired Body by Jake infomercials.
Many insurers, including WellPoint and competitors such as Aetna and Cigna, provide health coaching that can include help with smoking cessation, weight loss and improved nutrition. Typical benefits include discounted membership to WeightWatchers or Jenny Craig diet programs as well as discounted gym memberships. Those perks have been expanded in some cases as health plans seek to define themselves as health service companies rather than just insurers.
WellPoints announcement comes as many insurers are marketing to individuals rather than just employers. As their focus moves to attracting individual business, it helps health plans entice the healthiest members, said Amal Trivedi, MD, MPH, an internist and assistant professor of community health at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Rhode Island. He was co-author of a study in the Jan. 12 New England Journal of Medicine showing that Medicare Advantage plans that offer discounted fitness club memberships were selected by a healthier and lower-cost subset of beneficiaries (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22236225/).
That bias toward what is called favorable selection is something for policymakers to keep in mind, Dr. Trivedi said, but its also true that as a physician, he likes to see patients adopt healthier eating and exercise habits.
There is a strong incentive for health plans to attract people who are healthy and therefore less expensive, he said. Wellness benefits may help patients eat healthier and exercise, but they also can have important financial implications.
WellPoint spokeswoman Jill Becher said the insurer is responding to a demand from customers. We know for both employers and individual consumers, health maintenance and improvement is important to them. As a company, we need to be responsive to that, and this is another tool for us to do that.
Steinfeld said he envisions FitOrbit trainers working with clients physicians if the client gives the go-ahead by sharing what the patient is eating, how much he or she is exercising and how much weight is lost. The end goal is to have your doctor, you and your trainer working as a team.
WellPoint is working to determine what the service will cost for members and how many will have access to the new benefit. Becher said the insurer expects to offer it in 2013. WellPoint also is a FitOrbit investor, but Becher said the company is not disclosing how much it has invested.
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"Fit for Life" program targets child obesity
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Richmond Public Schools wants its students to be "Fit for Life!"The school health and fitness challenge targets the growing childhood obesity epidemic and culminated in a field day Tuesday.
The program is based on the idea healthy bodies make healthy minds. It's pioneering the use of financial incentives as motivation for kids to get fit.
12-year-old Pope is a sixth grader at Albert Hill Middle School. He puts a frighteningly common dilemma simply.
"When I was younger, I always was big, the bigger kid, and I didn't like being the bigger kid," he said."So I put myself into the work."
He put himself to work by working out his body and mind in the district's one-of-a-kind "Fit for Life" pilot program.
"We go outside, exercise, play basketball, play sports outside, do work in the classrooms," Pope elaborated.
The challenge is two-pronged: The first part provides free to the student after-school medical exams and physicals.The second is a fitness competition.
Gene Parris, who teaches Pope, said that competition has changed the kids by showing them the benefits of physical activity.
"They are aware now that they can do fun things and now fun things can also keep you healthy," Parris explained.
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