Squash player Sobhy Says: Drawing strength from setbacks

"Komai rayuwa ta jefa ni a yanzu, na san zan iya shawo kan lamarin."

Amanda Sobhy ta koma gasa a kakar wasa ta bana, inda ta kawo karshen doguwar jinyar da take fama da ita da kuma gina ƙwazo tare da ƙwallo da ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun mata waɗanda suka kai ga gasar cin kofin duniya na Squash ta WSF na biyu a jere.

A gasar cin kofin duniya ta Squash Team Championship, gasar farko ta duniya inda aka buga gasar maza da ta mata a lokaci daya, Sobhy ta yi magana da tawagar 'yan jarida game da matsayinta na Amurka da Masar, yadda tsarin farfadowa daga matsalar cin abinci da kuma raunin Achilles guda biyu ya ba ta tunanin da ba za a iya lalacewa ba, da kuma dalilin da ya sa za ta iya yin karin tarihi a gasar Olympics ta 202 a Los Angeles.

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Amanda Sobhy ta kai kwallo yayin da take aikin kasa da kasa tare da Team USA.

Amanda Sobhy ba ta girma ba tare da fatan bin sahun shahararrun 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Amurka. A matsayin wasa mafi fice akan radar ƙasar, babu kawai.

A maimakon haka, jarumar ta kasance jarumar wasan tennis Serena Williams.

Sobhy ta fada wa Olympics.com a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2024 a Hong Kong, inda ake nuna ta kai tsaye ta Olympics.com.

"Kuma kawai ta yi abinta. Ta kasance ƙwararren mai fafatawa kuma wannan shine ainihin abin da nake burin zama."

Karɓar wannan tunanin, Sobhy ya zama zakaran ƙarami na wasan squash na farko na Amurka a cikin 2010.

Bayan ta zama ƙwararriya, ta ƙara yin tarihi a matsayin ɗan wasan Amurka na farko da ya kai matsayi na biyar na Ƙwararrun Squash Association (PSA), a cikin 2021.

Sobhy ya yi, duk da haka, yana da mai ba da shawara a kusa da gida.

Mahaifinta ya wakilci tawagar ƙasar Masar, ƙasar da ake jin daɗin matsayi a matsayin babban wasanni. Ƙasar Arewacin Afirka ta samar da bel ɗin da ba zai ƙare ba a cikin shekaru talatin da suka gabata.

Ba'a dade ba Sobhy ta fara wasa kuma tayi fice.

Duk da koyon sana'arta a kulab din kasar Amurka, tushen Sobhy na Masar yana nufin ba ta tsorata da martabar 'yan wasansu ba.

Ta ci gaba da cewa: "Mahaifinmu yakan kai mu Masar duk lokacin bazara na tsawon makonni biyar kuma na girma ina wasa da Masarawa a daya daga cikin kungiyoyin wasanni na asali da ake kira Heliopolis, inda gwarzon dan wasan duniya Ali Farag da tsohon zakaran gasar Ramy Ashour suka buga. Don haka na girma ina kallon yadda suke yin atisaye."

"Ni dan Masar ne a jini kuma ni ma dan kasar Masar ne don haka na fahimci salon wasan kwaikwayo. Salona kadan ne daga cikin salon Masarawa da kuma tsarin Yammacin Turai."

Bala'i ya afku sau biyu ga Amanda Sobhy

Wannan salo na musamman da aka haɗe tare da ƙaƙƙarfan yarda da kai ya ga Sobhy yana jin daɗin hawan meteoric a cikin martabar mata ta squash.

A cikin 2017, ta kasance mafi kyawun wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na aikinta lokacin da aka yi mata mummunan rauni.

Yayin da take wasa a wani gasa a Colombia, ta fashe ajin Achilles a kafarta ta hagu.

Bayan watanni 10 na gyaggyarawa, ta dawo, da niyyar rama lokacin da ta bata. Matsayi na ƙasa na Amurka na huɗu ya biyo baya daga baya a waccan shekarar da matsayi mafi girma a duniya na uku.

Sobhy ya ci gaba da wannan kyakkyawan tsari a cikin ƴan yanayi masu zuwa kuma ya isa Buɗaɗɗen Hong Kong na 2023 cikin ƙarfin hali kafin bala'i ya sake afkuwa.

Bayan da ta ture bangon baya don dauko kwallo a wasan karshe, sai ta fasa kashin Achilles a kafarta ta dama.

"Nan da nan na san abin da yake. Kuma firgita shi ne mai yiwuwa bangare mafi wuya na nada kaina. Ban taba tsammanin irin wannan mummunan rauni ya sake faruwa a cikin sana'ata ba," in ji Sobhy.

"Tunanina na farko shine: Menene na yi don cancantar wannan? Me yasa wannan ke faruwa da ni? Ni mutumin kirki ne. Ina aiki tukuru."

Bayan ta dauki lokaci don aiwatar da koma bayanta na baya-bayan nan, Sobhy ta san cewa hanya daya tilo da za ta bi ta shawo kan hakan ita ce ta canza tunaninta.

Tausayin kai da fushi an maye gurbinsu da ƙudirin komawa a matsayin ɗan wasa mafi kyau.

"Na iya jujjuya rubutun kuma ina kallonsa a matsayin mai kyau, ban samu yin gyaran ba kamar yadda nake so a karon farko, kuma yanzu ina da damar sake yin hakan. Don haka zan dawo da kyau," in ji ta.

"Koyaushe zan iya samun ma'ana daga kowane mummunan yanayi, na yanke shawarar cire duk abin da zan iya samu daga wannan gogewar kuma kada in bari ta lalata min aiki. Ina so in tabbatar wa kaina cewa ba sau ɗaya ba zan iya dawowa ba, amma zan iya yin hakan sau biyu.

"Ya kasance mafi sauƙi a ma'ana a karo na biyu saboda na san abin da zan jira kuma zan iya ɗaukar darussan da aka koya daga farko kuma in yi amfani da su a cikin wannan tsari na gyarawa. Amma a lokaci guda, ya fi wuya a hankali saboda na san yadda aikin gyaran ya kasance mai tsanani da kuma tsawon lokaci.

Shaida ta kwazonta ya ta'allaka ne a cikin kyakkyawan yanayin da ta samu tun bayan komawarsa kotu a watan Satumbar bana.

"Akwatin kayan aiki na gogewa da zan iya kira a duk lokacin da nake cikin wahala yana da girma.

"Wannan kawai ya tilasta ni na amince da kaina sosai, ko mene ne rayuwa ta jefa ni a yanzu, na san zan iya shawo kan lamarin, hakan ya sa na kara karfi a cikin wannan tsari, ya sa na koyi amincewa da kaina sosai, don haka lokacin da nake cikin tsaka mai wuya a wasa kuma na gaji, zan iya zana abubuwan da na shiga a bara a cikin bara tare da rauni na kuma amfani da wannan ƙarfin don ciyar da ni."

Squash yana zama sananne a duk faɗin duniya

Tun daga wasanni masu ban sha'awa zuwa wasannin Olympics, wasan yana hanzarta bazuwar ta a shafukan sada zumunta da na duniya. Tsakanin nishadi da nishaɗi a cikin birni da gasa a kotu, an mayar da hankali sosai kan kabewa.

Har zuwa farkon karni na 20, ana buga squash kawai a makarantu. Sai a shekara ta 1907 ne Amurka ta kafa ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta farko tare da kafa mata dokoki. A cikin wannan shekarar, Hukumar Wasannin Tennis ta Burtaniya da Racquet Sports Federation ta kafa wani karamin kwamiti, wanda shine farkon kungiyar Squash ta Burtaniya, wacce aka kafa a cikin 1928. Bayan 'yan wasan kasuwanci sun fara gina kotunan wasan racquet na jama'a a 1950, wasan ya sami karbuwa cikin sauri, kuma mai yiwuwa a farkon shekarun 1880, wasan ya karu sosai. Har zuwa lokacin, an raba wasan zuwa ƙungiyoyin masu son da kuma kwararru. Ƙungiyoyin ƙwararrun ƴan wasa yawanci ɗan wasa ne da aka horar da su a wata ƙungiya ta musamman.

A yau, ana yin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a ƙasashe 140. Daga cikin wadannan kasashe 118 ne suka kafa kungiyar Squash ta Duniya. A cikin 1998, an fara haɗa squash a cikin wasannin Asiya na 13 a Bangkok. Yanzu yana daya daga cikin abubuwan da suka faru na taron wasannin motsa jiki na duniya, wasannin Afirka, wasannin Pan American da wasannin Commonwealth.