Squash player Sobhy Says: Drawing strength from setbacks

"Nokuba ubomi bundiphosela ntoni ngoku, ndiyazi ukuba ndingadlula."

U-Amanda Sobhy ubuyele kukhuphiswano kule sizini, ephelisa iphupha lakhe elibi lokwenzakala ixesha elide kunye nokwakha amandla ngothotho lwemidlalo encomekayo, eyafikelela incopho yaba yinxalenye ephambili yeqela lase-US elifikelele kwi-WSF World Squash Championship yesibini elandelelanayo.

Kwi-World Squash Team Championships, ubuntshatsheli bokuqala behlabathi apho ukhuphiswano lwamadoda nabasetyhini lwaludlalwa ngaxeshanye, uSobhy uthethe neqela leendaba malunga nesazisi sakhe saseMelika-Egyptian, indlela inkqubo yokuchacha kwingxaki yokutya kunye ne-Achilles tendon ezimbini ezaphukileyo zimnike ingqondo engenakutshabalala, kwaye kutheni enokwenza imbali engaphezulu kwi-Olimpiki ye-208 kwi-Olimpiki ye-20.

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U-Amanda Sobhy ufikelela kwibhola ngelixa ekumsebenzi wamazwe ngamazwe neQela lase-USA.

UAmanda Sobhy akazange akhule enethemba lokulandela ekhondweni labadlali abadumileyo besquash baseMelika. Njengomdlalo ongaphandle kwi-radar enkulu yesizwe, kwakungekho namnye.

Endaweni yoko, iqhawe lakhe laliyintsomi yentenetya uSerena Williams.

“Wayenamandla kwaye enoburhalarhume, kwaye amandla ebeyinto yam nam,” utshilo uSobhy kwi-Olympics.com kuKhuphiswano lwaMaqela eHlabathi ngo-2024 eHong Kong, luboniswa ngqo kwi-Olympics.com.

Kwaye uyenzile into yakhe. Wayengumntu okhuphisana kakhulu kwaye leyo yayiyinto endandinqwenela ukuba yiyo.

Ukwamkela esi simo sengqondo, uSobhy waba yintshatsheli yokuqala yehlabathi yesquash yase-USA ngo-2010.

Emva kokuguqula ubuchwephesha, wenze imbali ethe kratya njengomdlali wokuqala wase-US ukufikelela kumanqanaba amahlanu aphezulu eProfessional Squash Association (PSA), ngo-2021.

USobhy, nangona kunjalo, waba nomcebisi wesquash kufutshane nekhaya.

Uyise wayemele iqela lesizwe laseYiputa, ilizwe apho i-squash ithanda iwonga njengomdlalo ophambili. Ilizwe laseMntla Afrika livelise ibhanti lokuhambisa elibonakala lingapheli kwiintshatsheli zesquash kule minyaka ingamashumi amathathu idlulileyo.

Zange kube kudala uSobhy waqalisa ukudlala wagqwesa.

Ngaphandle kokufunda ukurhweba kwakhe kwiiklabhu zelizwe e-US, iingcambu zikaSobhy zase-Egypt zazithetha ukuba akoyikiswa ludumo lwabadlali babo.

“Utata wethu wayesithatha asise eYiputa rhoqo ehlotyeni kangangeeveki ezintlanu kwaye ndakhula ndidlala ngokuchasene namaJiphutha kwelinye lamaqela ezemidlalo asekuqaleni abizwa ngokuba yiHeliopolis, kulapho kwadlala khona indawo yokuqala yamadoda u-Ali Farag kunye nowayesakuba yintshatsheli uRamy Ashour. Ngoko ke ndikhule ndibabukela bezilolonga,” waqhubeka.

"NdingumJiphutha ngegazi kwaye ndingummi waseJiphutha ngoko ke ndiyasiqonda isimbo sokudlala. Isimbo sam siyinxalenye kancinane yomxube wezo zombini izimbo zaseJiphutha kunye nesimbo saseNtshona esakhiweyo."

Intlekele ihlasele kabini uAmanda Sobhy

Esi simbo sahlukileyo sidityaniswe nokukholelwa okuqinileyo kwabona uSobhy esonwabela ukunyuka kwemeteoric kumanqanaba ehlabathi abasetyhini besquash.

Ngo-2017, wayedlala eyona squash ebomini bakhe xa wafumana isibetho esibi.

Ukudlala kwitumente yaseColombia, waqhekeza i-tendon ye-Achilles emlenzeni wakhe wasekhohlo.

Emva kweenyanga ezili-10 zokubuyiselwa kwimeko yesiqhelo, wabuya, enenjongo yokubuyisela ixesha elilahlekileyo. Isihloko sesine seSizwe sase-US salandela kamva kulo nyaka kunye nenqanaba lehlabathi eliphakamileyo labathathu.

USobhy uqhubekile nolu hlobo luluhle kumaxesha onyaka ambalwa alandelayo kwaye wafika kwi-2023 Hong Kong Open eqinisekile ngaphambi kokuba intlekele iphinde ihlasele.

Emva kokutyhala udonga olungasemva ukuze akhuphe ibhola kumdlalo wokugqibela, wagqabhuka umthambo we-Achilles kumlenze wakhe wasekunene.

"Ndayazi kwangoko ukuba yintoni. Kwaye umothuko wayo mhlawumbi yeyona nto inzima ukuyisonga intloko yam. Andizange ndilindele ukuba ukwenzakala okukhulu ngolo hlobo kuphinde kwenzeke kumsebenzi wam," uvumile uSobhy.

"Iingcinga zam zokuqala zazi: Ndenze ntoni ukuze ndifanelwe yile nto? Kutheni le nto isenzeka kum? Ndingumntu olungileyo. Ndisebenza nzima."

Emva kokuthatha ixesha lokujonga ukusilela kwakhe kwamva nje, uSobhy wayesazi ukuba ekuphela kwendlela yokuphumelela kukutshintsha indlela acinga ngayo.

Ukuzisizela nomsindo kwathatyathelw’ indawo sisigqibo sokubuyela njengomdlali ongcono wesquash.

“Ndikwazile ukuphethula iskripthi ndasijonga njengento entle. Andizange ndikwazi ukwenza uhlaziyo njengoko bendingathanda okokuqala, kwaye ngoku ndinethuba lokuphinda. Ngoko bendiza kubuya ngcono,” utshilo.

"Ndihlala ndifumana intsingiselo kuyo nayiphi na imeko engathandekiyo. Ndaye ndagqiba ekubeni ndithathe nayiphi na into efanelekileyo endinokuthi ndiyikhuphe kula mava kwaye ndingayivumeli ukuba itshabalalise umsebenzi wam.

“Kwakulula ngandlel’ ithile okwesibini kuba ndandiyazi into emandiyilindele kwaye ndandinokuthatha izifundo endizifundileyo kwasekuqaleni ndize ndisebenzise le nkqubo yokubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo. Kodwa kwangaxeshanye, kwakunzima ngokwasengqondweni kuba ndandisazi ukuba inzima kwaye inde kangakanani inkqubo yokubuyisela imeko kwimeko yesiqhelo. Kodwa ndiyazingca ngokubuya nendlela endiluqhube ngayo olo hambo.”

Ubungqina bokusebenza kwakhe nzima buxhomekeke kwindlela entle awayonwabele ngayo ukusukela oko ebuyele enkundleni ngoSeptemba walo nyaka.

“Ibhokisi yezixhobo zamava endinokufowunela kuwo nanini na xa ndisengxakini inkulu.

"Kuyandinyanzela ukuba ndizithembe kakhulu. Nokuba ubomi bundiphosa ngantoni ngoku, ndiyazi ukuba ndingadlula. Indenze ndomelela ngakumbi kwinkqubo. Indenze ndafunda ukuzithemba ngakumbi, ngoko xa ndikwindawo enzima kumdlalo kwaye ndiziva ndidiniwe, ndiyakwazi ukutsala kwizinto endidlule kuzo kunyaka ophelileyo ngokwenzakala kwam kwaye ndisebenzise loo mandla ukunditshisa. "

I-squash iya ithandwa kwihlabathi lonke

Ukusuka kumdlalo we-niche ukuya kumdlalo weOlimpiki, umdlalo ukhawulezisa ukuphuma kwawo kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo kunye nehlabathi lokwenyani. Phakathi kokuzonwabisa kunye nokuzonwabisa esixekweni kunye nokhuphiswano enkundleni, ingqalelo entsha iye yagxila kwi-squash.

Kude kube sekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20, i-squash yayidlalwa ezikolweni kuphela. Kwada kwaba ngowe-1907 apho iUnited States yaseka umanyano lokuqala olukhethekileyo lwesquash yaza yamisela imithetho yalo. Kwangaloo nyaka, iBritish Tennis kunye Racquet Sports Federation yaseka i-squash sub-committee, nto leyo eyaba ngumanduleli kwiBritish Squash Federation, leyo yasekwa ngo 1928. Emva kokuba abadlali bezorhwebo baqalisa ukwakha iinkundla zoluntu racquetball ngo-1950, umdlalo ngokukhawuleza wafumana ukuthandwa, yaye mhlawumbi ekuqaleni 1880s, inani labantu abadlala umdlalo anda. Ukuza kuthi ga ngelo xesha, lo mdlalo wahlulahlulwe wangamaqela angenamdla kunye neengcali. Iqela leembaleki lidla ngokuba ngumdlali oqeqeshelwe kwiklabhu ekhethekileyo.

Namhlanje, i-squash idlalwa kumazwe angama-140. Kwala, amazwe ali-118 abumba i-World Squash Federation. Ngo-1998, i-squash yaqala ukubandakanywa kwiMidlalo ye-13 yase-Asia eBangkok. Ngoku sesinye semisitho yeNkongolo yezeMidlalo yeHlabathi, iMidlalo yase-Afrika, iMidlalo yePan American kunye neMidlalo yeCommonwealth.