Squash player Sobhy Says: Drawing strength from setbacks

"Hazvinei nekuti hupenyu hunondikanda sei izvozvi, ndinoziva kuti ndinogona kupfuurira."

Amanda Sobhy akadzokera kumakwikwi mwaka uno, achipedza kurwara kwaakaita kwenguva refu nekukuvara nekusimba nekuteedzana kwekuita zvinokatyamadza, zvichizoguma nekuve chikamu chakakosha chechikwata cheUS chakasvika chechipiri chakateedzana WSF World Squash Team Championship.

PaWorld Squash Team Championships, makwikwi ekutanga epasi rose apo makwikwi evarume nevakadzi akatambwa panguva imwe chete, Sobhy akataura nevezvenhau timu nezve chitupa chake chekuAmerica-Egyptian, maitiro ekupora kubva kuhosha yekudya uye maviri akatsemuka maAchilles tendons akamupa pfungwa isingaparare, uye nei akakwanisa kugadzira nhoroondo yakawanda kumaOlympics e202.

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Amanda Sobhy anosvikira kubhora achiri pabasa repasi rese neChikwata USA.

Amanda Sobhy haana kukura aine tarisiro yekutevera matsimba evatambi veSquash vane mukurumbira vekuUS. Semutambo wekunze pane radar yakakura yenyika, pakanga pasina.

Pane kudaro, gamba rake raive tennis ngano Serena Williams.

"Anga aine simba uye anotyisa, uye simba raive chinhu changuwo," Sobhy akaudza Olympics.com ku2024 World Teams Championships kuHong Kong, ichiratidzwa live paOlympics.com.

"Uye akangoita zvake. Aive mukwikwidzi akanyanya uye ndicho chinhu chandaishuvira kuva."

Achitora mafungiro aya, Sobhy akave mukwikwidzi wekutanga wepasi rose wesquash muUSA muna 2010.

Mushure mekuita hunyanzvi, akaita nhoroondo yakawanda semutambi wekutanga wekuUS kusvika pavashanu vepamusoro paProfessional Squash Association (PSA) masosi, muna 2021.

Sobhy akaita, zvisinei, aine squash chipangamazano padyo nekumba.

Baba vake vakamiririra timu yenyika yeEgypt, nyika iyo squash inofarira chinzvimbo semutambo mukuru. Nyika yekuchamhembe kweAfrica yakagadzira bhandi rinoita kunge risingapere remakwikwi esquash mumakore makumi matatu apfuura.

Hapana kupera nguva Sobhy akabva atanga kuridza achigona.

Kunyangwe akadzidza kutengeserana kwake mumakirabhu emunyika muUS, midzi yaSobhy yekuEgypt yaireva kuti aisatyisidzirwa nemukurumbira wevatambi vavo.

"Baba vedu vaititora vachienda nesu kuEgypt muchirimo chega chega kwemavhiki mashanu uye ini ndakakura ndichitamba nevaIjipita pane chimwe chezvikwata zvemitambo zvepakutanga zvinonzi Heliopolis, uko kwaitamba nhamba yekutanga yevarume munyika yose Ali Farag uye aimbove shasha Ramy Ashour. Saka ndakakura ndichivaona vachidzidzira," akaenderera mberi achidaro.

"Ndiri muEgypt paropa uye ndiri mugari wemuIjipita zvakare saka ndinonzwisisa matambiro. Matambiro angu akati sanganisei ezvitaera zveEgypt pamwe nemaitiro ekuMadokero."

Njodzi inorova kaviri kuna Amanda Sobhy

Ichi chakasarudzika chimiro chakasanganiswa nekuzvitenda kwakasimba kwakaona Sobhy achinakidzwa nekukwira kwemeteoric mune squash yevakadzi pasi rose.

Muna 2017, akange achitamba squash yakanakisa yebasa rake paakarohwa zvinorwadza.

Achitamba pamutambo muColombia, akaputika tendon yeAchilles mugumbo rake rekuruboshwe.

Pashure pemwedzi gumi yokurapwa kunonetesa, akadzoka, aine chinangwa chokugadzirisa nguva yakarasika. Zita rechina reNyika reUnited States rakatevera gare gare gore iroro uye basa repamusoro-soro repasi rose revatatu.

Sobhy akaenderera mberi neiyi fomu yakanaka mumwaka mishoma yaitevera uye akasvika ku2023 Hong Kong Open aine chivimbo chemweya njodzi isati yauya zvakare.

Mushure mekusunda madziro ekumashure kuti atore bhora mukupedzisira, akatsemura tendon yeAchilles mugumbo rake rekurudyi.

"Ndakaziva pakarepo kuti chaiva chii. Uye kuvhunduka kwacho ndicho chikamu chakaoma zvikuru chekuputira musoro wangu. Handina kumbotarisira kuti kukuvara kwakakomba kwakadaro kuitike zvakare mubasa rangu, "Sobhy akabvuma.

"Pfungwa dzangu dzekutanga dzaiti: Chii chandakaita kuti ndiwane izvi? Sei izvi zviri kuitika kwandiri? Ndiri munhu akanaka. Ndinoshanda nesimba."

Mushure mekutora nguva yekugadzirisa dambudziko rake rekupedzisira, Sobhy akaziva kuti nzira chete yekupfuura nayo iyi yaive yekuchinja maonero ake.

Kuzvinzwira tsitsi nehasha zvakatsiviwa nechisungo chekudzokera semutambi we squash ari nani.

"Ndakakwanisa kupenengura script uye kuiona seyakanaka. Handina kukwanisa kuita rehab sezvandaifarira kekutanga, uye ikozvino ndine mukana wekuzviita zvakare. Saka ndaizodzoka zviri nani," akadaro.

"Ini nguva dzose ndinogona kuwana chinangwa kubva mumamiriro ezvinhu chero api asina kunaka. Ndakasarudza kutora chero chakanaka chandaigona kubva pane chiitiko ichi uye kuti ndisazvirega zvichikanganisa basa rangu. Ndaida kuzviratidza kwandiri kuti ndaigona kudzoka kwete kamwe chete, asi ndinogona kuzviita kaviri.

"Zvakanga zviri nyore neimwe nzira kechipiri nekuti ndaiziva zvekutarisira uye ndaigona kutora zvidzidzo zvakadzidzwa kubva kekutanga kutenderera ndozvishandisa kune iyi nzira yekudzoreredza. Asi panguva imwe cheteyo, zvainge zvakanyanya kuoma mupfungwa nekuti ndaiziva kunetesa uye kurebesa muitiro iwoyo wekudzorera.

Chiratidzo chekushanda nesimba kwaakaita chiri muchimiro chakanaka chaakaita kubva paakadzoka mudare muna Gunyana gore rino.

“Bhokisi rezvishandiso randinogona kutaura pose pandinenge ndiri panguva yakaoma rakakura zvikuru.

"Zviri kungondimanikidza kuti ndizvivimbe zvakanyanya. Hazvina mhosva kuti hupenyu hunondiwisira sei ikozvino, ndinoziva kuti ndinogona kutsungirira. Zvakandisimbisa zvakanyanya mukuita izvi. Zvakandiita kuti ndidzidze kuzvivimba zvakanyanya, saka kana ndiri panguva yakaoma mumutambo uye kunzwa kuneta, ndinogona kutora pane zvinhu zvandakapfuura nazvo mugore rapfuura nekukuvara kwangu uye kushandisa simba iroro kundipisa."

Squash iri kuita mukurumbira pasi rose

Kubva kumutambo weniche kuenda kumutambo weOlympic, mutambo uyu uri kukurumidza kubuda musocial media uye nenyika chaiyo. Pakati pevaraidzo nevaraidzo muguta nemakwikwi mudare, kutarisisa kutsva kwakanangidzirwa pa squash.

Kusvika pakutanga kwezana ramakore rechi20, squash yairidzwa muzvikoro chete. Yakanga isiri kusvika 1907 apo United States yakagadzira yekutanga nyanzvi ye squash federation uye yakamisa mitemo yayo. Mugore rimwe chetero, British Tennis uye Racquet Sports Federation yakagadzira squash sub-committee, iyo yakanga iri nhanho yeBritish Squash Federation, iyo yakaumbwa muna 1928. Mushure mokunge vatambi vezvokutengeserana vakatanga kuvaka matare evoruzhinji racquetball muna 1950, mutambo wacho wakakurumidza kuwana mukurumbira, uye zvichida mukutanga kwe1880s yakawedzera nhamba yevanhu vaitamba mutambo. Kusvika panguva iyoyo, mutambo uyu wakakamurwa kuita zvikwata zvemaamateur uye nyanzvi. Boka renyanzvi revamhanyi rinowanzova mutambi akadzidziswa mukirabhu ine hunyanzvi.

Nhasi, squash inotambwa munyika zana nemakumi mana. Pakati idzi, nyika zana negumi nesere dzinoumba World Squash Federation. Muna 1998, squash yakatanga kubatanidzwa mumitambo yechi13 yeAsia muBangkok. Iko zvino chimwe chezviitiko zveWorld Sports Congress, African Games, Pan American Games uye Commonwealth Games.