Squash player Sobhy Says: Drawing strength from setbacks

"ʻAʻohe mea o ke ola e kau mai iaʻu i kēia manawa, ʻike wau hiki iaʻu ke hoʻokō."

Ua hoʻi hou ʻo Amanda Sobhy i ka hoʻokūkū i kēia kau, e hoʻopau ana i kāna moeʻuhane pōʻino lōʻihi a me ke kūkulu ʻana i ka manawa me ke ʻano o nā hana hoʻohiwahiwa nui, e hoʻopau ana i kahi ʻāpana nui o ka hui US i hiki i kāna WSF World Squash Team Championship.

Ma ka World Squash Team Championships, ka poʻokela honua mua kahi i hoʻokani ʻia ai nā hoʻokūkū kāne a me nā wahine i ka manawa like, ua kamaʻilio ʻo Sobhy i ka hui media e pili ana i kona ʻano ʻAmelika-ʻAigupita, pehea ke ʻano o ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana mai kahi maʻi ʻai a me ʻelua mau ʻāʻī Achilles i haki i hāʻawi iā ia i ka noʻonoʻo hiki ʻole ke hoʻopau ʻia, a no ke aha e hiki ai iā ia ke hana hou i ka mōʻaukala ʻOlumepika ma Los Angeles 28.

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Ua kiʻi ʻo Amanda Sobhy i ka pōleʻa ʻoiai ʻo ia ma ka hana honua me Team USA.

ʻAʻole i ulu ʻo Amanda Sobhy me ka manaʻolana e hahai i nā wāwae o nā mea pāʻani squash kaulana US. Ma ke ʻano he haʻuki ma waho o ka radar ākea o ka lāhui, ʻaʻohe mea.

Akā, ʻo kāna mea koa ʻo Serena Williams ka moʻolelo tennis.

"He ikaika a ikaika loa ʻo ia, a ʻo ka mana nō hoʻi kaʻu mea," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Sobhy i ka Olympics.com ma ka 2024 World Teams Championships ma Hong Kong, e hōʻike ʻia ana ma ka Olympics.com.

"A ua hana wale ʻo ia i kāna mea. He mea hoʻokūkū koʻikoʻi ʻo ia a ʻo ia kahi mea aʻu i makemake nui ai."

I ka lawe ʻana i kēia noʻonoʻo, ua lilo ʻo Sobhy i poʻokela mua o ka honua squash honua ma 2010.

Ma hope o kona lilo ʻana i ʻoihana, ua hana ʻo ia i ka mōʻaukala hou aʻe ma ke ʻano he mea pāʻani mua o ʻAmelika i hiki i ka ʻelima kiʻekiʻe o ka Professional Squash Association (PSA), ma 2021.

Ua loaʻa naʻe iā Sobhy kahi kumu aʻoaʻo squash kokoke i ka home.

Ua pani kona makuakāne i ka hui aupuni o ʻAigupita, kahi ʻāina e hauʻoli ai ka squash i ke kūlana ma ke ʻano he haʻuki nui. Ua hana ka lāhui ʻApelika ʻĀkau i kahi kāʻei conveyor pau ʻole o nā poʻokela squash i nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala.

ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Sobhy i ka pāʻani a lanakila.

ʻOiai ke aʻo ʻana i kāna kālepa ʻana i nā hui ʻāina ma US, ʻo Sobhy's Egyptian roots ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hoʻoweliweli ʻia e kā lākou mau mea pāʻani.

"E lawe ko mākou makuakāne iā mākou i ʻAigupita i kēlā me kēia kauwela no ʻelima pule a ua ulu wau e pāʻani ana me ko ʻAigupita ma kekahi o nā hui haʻuki mua i kapa ʻia ʻo Heliopolis, kahi i pāʻani ai ka helu ʻekahi o ke ao nei ʻo Ali Farag a me ka poʻokela mua ʻo Ramy Ashour.

"He kanaka ʻAigupita wau ma ke koko a he kamaʻāina ʻAigupita nō wau no laila maopopo iaʻu ke ʻano o ka pāʻani.

ʻElua mau manawa i hōʻeha ʻia ka pōʻino no Amanda Sobhy

ʻO kēia ʻano ʻano ʻokoʻa i hui pū ʻia me ka manaʻoʻiʻo ikaika iā Sobhy e hauʻoli i ka piʻi ʻana o ka meteoric i ka pae honua wahine o ka squash.

I ka makahiki 2017, ke pāʻani nei ʻo ia i ka squash maikaʻi loa o kāna ʻoihana i ka wā i hana ʻia ai ʻo ia i kahi pōʻino.

Ke pāʻani nei ʻo ia i kahi hoʻokūkū ma Kolombia, ua haki ʻo ia i ka tendon Achilles ma kona wāwae hema.

Ma hope o 10 mau mahina o ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana, ua hoʻi ʻo ia me ka manaʻo e hoʻoponopono i ka manawa nalowale. Ua ukali ʻia ka inoa ʻehā o ka US National ma hope o kēlā makahiki a me ka pae honua kiʻekiʻe o ʻekolu.

Ua hoʻomau ʻo Sobhy i kēia ʻano maikaʻi i nā kau e hiki mai ana a hōʻea i ka 2023 Hong Kong Open me ke ʻano hilinaʻi ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka pōʻino.

Ma hope o ka hoʻokuke ʻana i ka paia hope e kiʻi i ka pōpō i ka hopena hope loa, ua haki ʻo ia i ka tendon Achilles ma kona wāwae ʻākau.

"Ua ʻike koke wau i ka mea.

"ʻO koʻu mau manaʻo mua: He aha kaʻu i hana ai e pono ai kēia?

Ma hope o ka lawe ʻana i kahi manawa e hoʻoponopono ai i kāna hoʻihoʻi hope loa, ʻike ʻo Sobhy ʻo ke ala wale nō e hiki ai ke hoʻokō ʻia ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i kona manaʻo.

Ua hoʻololi ʻia ke aloha aloha a me ka huhū e ka manaʻo hoʻoholo e hoʻi ma ke ʻano he mea pāʻani squash ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.

"Ua hiki iaʻu ke hoʻololi i ka palapala a nānā i ka maikaʻi. ʻAʻole wau i hiki ke hana i ka rehab e like me kaʻu makemake i ka manawa mua a puni, a i kēia manawa ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e hana hou ai. No laila e hoʻi hou wau i ka maikaʻi, "wahi āna.

"Hiki iaʻu ke ʻike mau i ka manaʻo mai nā kūlana maikaʻi ʻole. Ua hoʻoholo wau e lawe i nā mea maikaʻi a pau i hiki iaʻu mai kēia ʻike a ʻaʻole e ʻae ia e hoʻopau i kaʻu ʻoihana. Makemake wau e hōʻoia iaʻu iho hiki iaʻu ke hoʻi mai ʻaʻole hoʻokahi, akā hiki iaʻu ke hana ʻelua.

"Ua maʻalahi ia ma ke ʻano i ka lua o ka manawa no ka mea ua ʻike wau i ka mea e manaʻo ai a hiki iaʻu ke lawe i nā haʻawina i aʻo ʻia mai ka manawa mua a pili i kēia kaʻina hana hoʻoponopono.

ʻO kahi hōʻike o kāna hana koʻikoʻi aia i ke ʻano maikaʻi āna i hauʻoli ai ma hope o kona hoʻi hou ʻana i ka ʻaha i ka mahina o Kepakemapa o kēia makahiki.

"ʻO ka pahu hana o nā ʻike hiki iaʻu ke kāhea aku i kēlā me kēia manawa aʻu e pilikia ai.

"Ua koi wale ia iaʻu e hilinaʻi nui aku iaʻu iho. ʻAʻohe mea e pili ana i ke ola iaʻu i kēia manawa, ʻike wau hiki iaʻu ke loaʻa i ia mea. Ua hoʻoikaika nui iaʻu i ke kaʻina hana. Ua aʻo iaʻu e hilinaʻi nui iaʻu iho, no laila ke pilikia au i ka pāʻani a luhi, hiki iaʻu ke huki i nā mea aʻu i hele ai i ka makahiki i hala e hoʻoulu iaʻu a hoʻohana i kēlā ikaika. "

Ke kaulana nei ka Squash a puni ka honua

Mai kahi haʻuki niche a i kahi haʻuki 'Olumepika, ke hoʻokē nei ka haʻuki i kona wehe ʻana i ka pāpaho kaiaulu a me ka honua maoli. Ma waena o ka leʻaleʻa a me ka leʻaleʻa i ke kūlanakauhale a me ka hoʻokūkū ma ka pā hale, nui nā manaʻo hou i kālele ʻia i ka squash.

A hiki i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 20, hoʻokani ʻia ka squash ma nā kula wale nō. ʻAʻole a hiki i ka makahiki 1907 i hoʻokumu ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka hui squash kūikawā mua a hoʻokumu i nā lula no ia. I ka makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokumu ka British Tennis a me Racquet Sports Federation i kahi kōmike squash, ʻo ia ka precursor i ka British Squash Federation, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 1928. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā mea pāʻani kalepa e kūkulu i nā pā racquetball lehulehu ma 1950, ua loaʻa koke ka kaulana i ka haʻuki, a ma ka makahiki 1880 paha, ua hoʻonui nui ʻia ka helu o nā kānaka. A hiki i kēlā manawa, ua māhele ʻia ka haʻuki i nā hui amateur a me nā ʻoihana. ʻO kahi hui ʻoihana o nā mea pāʻani he mea pāʻani maʻamau i aʻo ʻia i kahi hui kūikawā.

I kēia lā, hoʻokani ʻia ka squash ma 140 mau ʻāina. ʻO kēia mau ʻāina he 118 ka World Squash Federation. I ka makahiki 1998, ua komo mua ka squash i ka 13th Asian Games ma Bangkok. ʻO ia kekahi o nā hanana o ka World Sports Congress, African Games, Pan American Games a me Commonwealth Games.