Squash player Sobhy Says: Drawing strength from setbacks

"Nokuba ubomi buya kundifaka entwenini ngoku, ndiyazi ukuba ndingadlula kuyo."

U-Amanda Sobhy ubuyele kukhuphiswano kule sizini, ephelisa iphupha lakhe elide lokulimala waza wakha amandla ngothotho lwemidlalo ebalaseleyo, nto leyo eyaphumela ekubeni yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yeqela laseMelika elifikelele kwi-WSF World Squash Team Championship yalo yesibini ilandelelana.

KwiWorld Squash Team Championships, i-World Squash Team Championships yokuqala apho imincintiswano yamadoda nabasetyhini yayidlalwa ngaxeshanye, uSobhy uthethe neqela leendaba malunga nobuwena bakhe baseMelika-baseJiphutha, indlela inkqubo yokuchacha kwingxaki yokutya kunye nemisipha emibini ye-Achilles eqhekekileyo emnike ngayo ingqondo engenakutshabalaliswa, kunye nesizathu sokuba enze imbali engaphezulu kwiOlimpiki ka-2028 eLos Angeles.

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UAmanda Sobhy wolula isandla sakhe ukuze afumane ibhola ngelixa esemsebenzini weqela le-USA.

UAmanda Sobhy akakhulanga enethemba lokulandela emanyathelweni abadlali abadumileyo be-squash baseMelika. Njengomdlalo ongaqhelekanga odumileyo welizwe, bekungekho namnye.

Kunoko, iqhawe lakhe yayinguSerena Williams, ingcali yethenisi.

“Wayenamandla kakhulu kwaye enoburhalarhume, kwaye amandla ayeyinto yam,” uSobhy uxelele i-Olympics.com kwi-2024 World Teams Championships eHong Kong, eboniswa bukhoma kwi-Olympics.com.

"Kwaye wenza nje into yakhe. Wayengumntu okhuphisana kakhulu kwaye loo nto yayiyinto endandiyifuna ngokwenene."

Esebenzisa le ndlela yokucinga, uSobhy waba yintshatsheli yokuqala ye-US kwi-squash world junior champion ngo-2010.

Emva kokuba ngumdlali oqeqeshiweyo, wenza imbali engakumbi njengomdlali wokuqala waseMelika ukufikelela kwisihlanu esiphezulu kwizikhundla zeProfessional Squash Association (PSA), ngo-2021.

Nangona kunjalo, uSobhy wayenomcebisi we-squash kufutshane nekhaya.

Uyise wayemele iqela lesizwe lase-Egypt, ilizwe apho i-squash idlala indima ephambili njengomdlalo obalulekileyo. Eli lizwe laseMntla Afrika livelise i-conveyor belt yeentshatsheli ze-squash ezibonakala zingapheli kwiminyaka engamashumi amathathu edlulileyo.

Akuzange kube kudala ngaphambi kokuba uSobhy aqale ukudlala waza wagqwesa.

Nangona wayefunde ubuchule bakhe kwiiklabhu zasemaphandleni eMelika, imvelaphi kaSobhy yase-Egypt yamenza akoyikiswa ludumo lwabadlali babo.

“Utata wethu wayesithatha aye e-Egypt rhoqo ehlotyeni kangangeeveki ezintlanu kwaye mna ndakhula ndidlala nama-Egypt kwenye yeeklabhu zemidlalo zokuqala ezazibizwa ngokuba yi-Heliopolis, apho kwakudlala khona u-Ali Farag noRamy Ashour owayesakuba yintshatsheli yamadoda. Ngoko ke ndakhula ndibabukela bezilolonga,” uqhube watsho.

"NdingumJiphutha ngokwegazi kwaye ndingummi waseJiphutha ngoko ke ndiyayiqonda indlela yokudlala. Indlela yam yokudlala ifana kancinci nesitayile saseJiphutha kunye nesitayile saseNtshona esakhiweyo."

Intlekele ihlasele kabini uAmanda Sobhhy

Olu hlobo lukhethekileyo kunye nokuzikholelwa kakhulu kwenza uSobhy wonwabela ukunyuka okukhulu kuluhlu lwabasetyhini be-squash kwihlabathi.

Ngowama-2017, wayedlala eyona squash ibalaseleyo ebomini bakhe xa wafumana ingozi enkulu.

Edlala kwitumente eColombia, waphuka umsipha we-Achilles emlenzeni wakhe wasekhohlo.

Emva kweenyanga ezili-10 zokulungiswa kwempilo enzima, wabuya, enenjongo yokubuyisela ixesha elilahlekileyo. Emva kwaloo nyaka waphumelela isihloko sesine se-US National waza wafumana isikhundla esiphezulu kwihlabathi liphela sabathathu.

USobhy waqhubeka nale ndlela intle kwezi sizini zimbalwa zilandelayo waza wafika kwiHong Kong Open ka-2023 enokuzithemba ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke intlekele kwakhona.

Emva kokutyhala udonga olungasemva ukuze afumane ibhola kumdlalo wokugqibela, waphuka umsipha we-Achilles emlenzeni wakhe wasekunene.

“Ndaqonda kwangoko ukuba yintoni. Kwaye ukothuka kwayo mhlawumbi yeyona nto inzima ukuyicinga. Bendingalindelanga ukuba ukwenzakala okukhulu kangaka kuphinde kwenzeke ebomini bam,” uvumile uSobhy.

"Iingcinga zam zokuqala zazithi: Ndenze ntoni ukuze ndifanelwe koku? Kutheni oku kusenzeka kum? Ndingumntu olungileyo. Ndisebenza nzima."

Emva kokuthabatha ixesha elithile elungisa ingxaki yakhe yamva nje, uSobhy wayesazi ukuba ekuphela kwendlela yokudlula koku kukutshintsha indlela acinga ngayo.

Ukuzisizela nomsindo kwathatyathelw’ indawo kukuzimisela ukubuyela njengomdlali we-squash ongcono nangakumbi.

“Ndikwazile ukutshintsha umbhalo ndize ndiwujonge njengento entle. Andizange ndikwazi ukwenza i-rehab kakuhle njengoko bendingathanda okokuqala, kwaye ngoku ndinethuba lokuyenza kwakhona. Ngoko ke ndingabuya ngcono,” utshilo.

"Ndingasoloko ndifumana intsingiselo kuyo nayiphi na imeko embi. Ndigqibe ekubeni ndithathe naziphi na izinto ezintle endinokuzifumana kweli thuba ndingazivumeli ukuba zonakalise umsebenzi wam. Ndandifuna ukuzingqina ukuba ndingabuya hayi kanye, kodwa ndingakwenza kabini."

"Bekulula ngandlela ithile okwesibini kuba bendisazi ukuba ndilindele ntoni kwaye ndingathatha izifundo endizifundileyo kwixesha lokuqala ndizisebenzise kule nkqubo yokuvuselela. Kodwa kwangaxeshanye, bekunzima engqondweni kuba bendisazi ukuba inkqubo yokuvuselela inzima kwaye inde kangakanani. Kodwa ndiyazingca kakhulu ngokubuya nendlela endiyilungisileyo ngayo loo hambo."

Ubungqina bokusebenza kwakhe nzima bukwimo entle ayithandileyo ukusukela oko wabuyela enkundleni kutshanje ngoSeptemba kulo nyaka.

“Ibhokisi yezixhobo zamava endinokubiza kuwo nanini na xa ndijamelene nobunzima inkulu kakhulu. Akukho nto inzima ngaphezu koko ndisandul’ ukutyhubela kuko,” utshilo.

"Kundinyanzele ukuba ndizithembe kakhulu. Nokuba ubomi buya kundifaka entwenini ngoku, ndiyazi ukuba ndingakwazi ukunyamezela. Kundenze ndanamandla kakhulu kule nkqubo. Kundenze ndafunda ukuzithemba ngakumbi, ngoko ke xa ndikwimeko enzima kumdlalo kwaye ndiziva ndidiniwe, ndingathatha ingqalelo kwizinto endidlule kuzo kunyaka ophelileyo ngenxa yokwenzakala kwam kwaye ndisebenzise loo mandla ukundinika amandla."

I-Squash iya ithandwa kwihlabathi liphela

Ukusuka kumdlalo okhethekileyo ukuya kumdlalo weOlimpiki, lo mdlalo ukhawulezisa ukuvela kwawo kwimidiya yoluntu nakwihlabathi lokwenyani. Phakathi kokuzonwabisa nokuzonwabisa esixekweni kunye nokhuphiswano enkundleni, ingqwalasela entsha igxile kwi-squash.

Kude kube sekuqaleni kwenkulungwane yama-20, i-squash yayidlalwa ezikolweni kuphela. Kude kube ngu-1907 apho i-United States yaseka umanyano lokuqala lwe-squash olukhethekileyo yaza yamisela imithetho yalo. Kuloo nyaka mnye, iBritish Tennis and Racquet Sports Federation yaseka ikomiti encinci ye-squash, eyayisandulela iBritish Squash Federation, eyasekwa ngo-1928. Emva kokuba abadlali bezorhwebo beqale ukwakha iinkundla zikawonke-wonke ze-racquetball ngo-1950, lo mdlalo wakhawuleza wathandwa, kwaye mhlawumbi ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1880, inani labantu abadlala lo mdlalo landa kakhulu. Kude kube ngoko, lo mdlalo wahlulwe waba ngamaqela angama-amateur kunye namaqela angoochwephesha. Iqela leengcali zabadlali lidla ngokuba ngumdlali oqeqeshwe kwiklabhu ekhethekileyo.

Namhlanje, i-squash idlalwa kumazwe ali-140. Kula mazwe, ali-118 enza i-World Squash Federation. Ngo-1998, i-squash yaqala ukubandakanywa kwiMidlalo ye-13 yase-Asia eBangkok. Ngoku yenye yeziganeko ze-World Sports Congress, iMidlalo yase-Afrika, iMidlalo yasePan American kunye neMidlalo yeCommonwealth.