KuNew Sport Grid, uMonique Williams Reigns Supreme

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UMonique Williams ungamandla okumele abalwe nawo-hhayi nje ngoba u-5'3 '', 136-pound oneminyaka engu-24 ubudala uFloridian ungumdlali ohlaba umxhwele ngokwakhe, kepha ngoba ubeka umdlalo omusha ngesandla esisodwa imephu.

Kepha ngaphambi kokuthi wazi uWilliams, udinga ukwazi iGrid. I-National Pro Grid League-equkethe amaqembu ayisishiyagalombili ezweni lonke-iqale isizini yayo yokuqala ngo-2014, futhi izichaza "njengomjaho wezokusubatha weqembu lamasu." Ukuhumusha: Ngesikhathi somdlalo, amaqembu amabili abumbene abesilisa abayisikhombisa nabesifazane abayisikhombisa abagijimisana ngamakhanda amahora amabili, beqedela imijaho eyi-11 yemizuzu emine kuya kwayisishiyagalombili evivinya konke kusuka ngejubane namasu kuya ekhonweni nasekukhuthazeleni ngokusebenzisa okuhlukahlukene wezinto zokuphakamisa izinsimbi nezomzimba. Iqiniso elijabulisayo: indoda eyodwa nowesifazane oyedwa eqenjini ngalinye kumele babe ngaphezu kweminyaka engu-40. Cabanga ngakho njenge-CrossFit ku-crack (okunengqondo, njengoba umsunguli u-Tony Budding wayeyisisebenzi sangaphambili se-CrossFit Inc.). (Hlangana Nabadlali Abangalesabi Emidlalweni Ye-CrossFit Ka-2015.)

UWilliams ubelokhu ekuGridi kusukela ekuqaleni. Umsubathi isikhathi esiningi sempilo yakhe, uWilliams wayehlale egxile kwezemidlalo ebuswa abesilisa njengebasketball, ibhola lefulegi, kanye ne-track and field. Kwakuwuthando lwakhe lwakamuva olwenza ukuba umsebenzi wakhe wezemidlalo ungene ezingeni elilandelayo - wathola ithrekhi kanye nemfundaze yezinsimu eNyuvesi yaseNingizimu Florida, lapho aba ngumpetha wamaBig East amahlandla amabili kuzo zombili izinqa nokuxhuma kathathu .

Ngemva kwekolishi, uWilliams wayefuna inkundla entsha yabasubathi. "Bengikade ngenza iCrossFit, kanti isinqandamathe sami besingebhokisi eWest Palm Beach," kusho uWilliams. "Ngangizwile ngeGrid ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, kodwa ngawuzwa ngempela lo mdlalo ngo-Agasti 2014 ngesikhathi efika ekhaya namathikithi omdlalo we-Miami vs. New York owawuseCoral Gables. Ngangididekile ngempela ngezinye izikhathi mayelana bekwenzekani emdlalweni, kodwa kwangicacela ukuthi wonke umuntu owayeqhudelana wayejabule kakhulu. Kungikhumbuze iqembu lami le-track and field ekolishi kanye nabo bonke ubumnandi esasiba nabo ndawonye."

Ekhuthazwe yilowo mdlalo, uWilliams wajoyina i-Orlando Outlaws, iqembu elincane leligi eSouthern Amateur Grid League (SAGL). Ngemuva kokwenza izivivinyo ezikhethekile zeGridi, ezilinganisa ijubane, amandla, amandla nokunyakaza komzimba, wanquma ukuthi ulilungele izinga elilandelayo. "Ngahambela usuku lwe-pro eMiami, obekuyisinyathelo sokuqala sokukhombisa amakhono ami emiqhudelwaneni yobungcweti," kusho uWilliams. "Ngemuva kwalokho, ngamenywa kwinhlanganisela yaseMaryland, nokuyithuba lokuthi amaqembu aphambili kuligi ahlole futhi ahlolisise amakhono ami ukuze abone ukuthi ngingaba yini umdlali omuhle."

Kwakungokuhlangenwe nakho okukhuthazayo kuWilliams. “Ukubona abasubathi abaningi bezimisele ngokufakazela ukuthi bayingxenye yeqembu kwangikhuthaza kakhulu futhi nesimo sezulu singinike umfutho omkhulu,” usho kanje. Ngenkathi uWilliams ekhombisa amakhono akhe ahlukene ezemidlalo, kwakungekho mbuzo ukuthi wayeseqenjini elisebenza kahle - wathathwa njengoweshumi kukho konke okusalungiswa, futhi wakhethelwa ukujoyina i-LA Reign. (Wake wazibuza ukuthi Abasubathi Abesifazane Abakhokhelwa Kakhulu Benza Imali Kangakanani?)

Ukuhamba phambili kumake ushintsho oluthokozisayo nolubaluleke kakhulu kwezemidlalo zikaWilliams, kepha ukusuka eFlorida kuya eCalifornia kwakungekho ngaphandle kokuzidela. “Umehluko wesikhathi nokuba kude nesoka lami kwakuyizinselelo ezinkulu kakhulu,” kusho uWilliams. “Futhi ukudlala kuleli zinga eliphezulu lomqhudelwano bekuyi- okuningi intela kakhulu kunalokho engikucabangayo. "

UWilliams, kanye nabanye besifazane nabesilisa eqenjini (bonke abangabasubathi abakhokhelwayo), bachitha amahora amaningi bejuluke bemanzi te emakamu okuziqeqesha okuyisibopho kanye nemikhuba. "Sizijwayeza ikakhulu uMsombuluko-uLwesihlanu, imvamisa kusuka ngo-8 ekuseni kuya ku-4 ntambama, ngezinye izikhathi kube uhhafu wezinsuku ngoMgqibelo kuya ngokuthi sinemidlalo noma cha," kusho uWilliams. Isheduli yokuqeqeshwa ngqo ikumqeqeshi oyinhloko uMax Mormont. IMormont ayijwayelekile kwezokusubatha ezisezingeni eliphezulu. Umsubathi wempilo yonke owenze kahle ekuphakamiseni izinsimbi-ekuhlolweni kwama-Olimpiki ka-2008 nango-2012 kwezemidlalo-Mormont ungene kwisizini ka-2015 njengomqondisi wezokuqeqesha namasu weReign futhi kungekudala ngemuva kwalokho wathatha isikhundla sokuba ngumqeqeshi weqembu.

Ngenkathi iMormont ekugcineni ikhetha ukuthi obani abazokwenza amakhono ngesikhathi somdlalo, wonke umuntu kufanele akulungele ukwenza noma yini edingekayo eqenjini, ikakhulukazi uma izinto zingahambi ngendlela efanelekile yokuhlela. "Ozakwethu ngamunye kufanele alwele ukuqeda umjaho ngamunye ngokushesha okukhulu ngaphandle kokunciphisa ijubane, njengoba iqembu elizowina emjahweni ngamunye linikezwa amaphuzu amabili, ngaphandle komjaho 11, okungamaphuzu ama-3," uhlanganyela uWilliams. "Uma singawunqobi lo mjaho, kusamele siqede ngaphambi kokuba isikhathi siphele ukuze sithole iphuzu elilodwa, njengoba wonke amaphuzu atholwe kwiGridi aya ezinhlosweni zethu zokugcina zokuwina umdlalo."

Yize kunabadlali abangama-23 sebephelele eqenjini, abesilisa abayisikhombisa kuphela nabesifazane abayisikhombisa abasenkundleni-noma igridi-ngasikhathi sinye (amaqembu avunyelwe ukufaka abadlali okungenamkhawulo emijahweni eminingi). U-generalist ozichazayo, uWilliams uthole ithuba lokukhombisa amakhono akhe kakhulu, encintisana kuyo yonke imidlalo iqembu ebeliyithola. "Ukudlala umdlalo kuletha injabulo nokwesaba," kusho uWilliams. "Ngaphambi komdlalo, uMqeqeshi uMax uhlala engikhumbuza ukuthi ngimamatheke, ngoba ekupheleni kosuku silapho ukuze sibe nesikhathi esihle futhi sisekelane."

Isici seqembu yilokho ekuqaleni okwenze ukuthi uWilliams abe nentshisekelo kulo mdlalo, futhi kuseyinto ayithandayo ngeGridi kuze kube namuhla. "Kuyamangaza ukubona abasubathi bekhombisa amakhono abo ngaphandle kokuchema ngobulili," kusho uWilliams. "Njengomuntu ohlale ebamba iqhaza kwezemidlalo okugcwele abantu besilisa, ngiye ngatshelwa ukuthi angikwazi ukugxuma ngize ngifinyelele noma angikwazi ukuphakamisa kakhulu njengozakwethu besilisa. I-Grid inginika ithuba lokubafakazela ukuthi banephutha ukumamatheka. "

Kepha imithetho elingana yamathuba weGridi nezindlela zokuqeqesha ezinzima azithulisanga abazondayo. "Noma ngithola ukuphawula okufana nokuthi 'amadoda anamandla kunabesifazane' akunambitheki, angikuvumeli kungikhathaze," kusho uWilliams. "Abantu banelungelo lokuthola imibono yabo. Kimina, kunginikeza ugqozi lokuqhubeka nokwenza kahle emdlalweni." (I-Psst ... Le Golfer Eneminyaka Engama-20 Ifakazela Igalofu Akuwona Umdlalo Womfana Nje.)

Futhi wenza kahle kakhulu ngemuva komdlalo wobuqhawe beNational Pro Grid League (NPGL) ngoSepthemba 20, uWilliams waqokwa ngokusemthethweni njenge-NPGL Rookie Yonyaka ka-2015. “Ngijabule kakhulu futhi ngibonga ukuqashelwa, ikakhulukazi kubasubathi abaningi abangakholakali,” usho kanje. "Ngikholelwa ngempela ukuthi ukusebenza kanzima, ukuhlala ngithobekile, nokuzibophezela ekwenzeni noma yini eqenjini yikhona okungibeke ethubeni lokuthola lo mklomelo."

Ukusebenza kwakhe kanzima kumbeke ethubeni lokulwela umnyakazo omuhle oholwa abasubathi abakhahlelayo abafana nompetha we-UFC uRonda Rousey, umjikijeli wesando wama-Olympic u-Amanda Bingson, nabanye (bazi Abesifazane Abanamandla Abashintsha Ubuso Be-#GirlPower). “Amandla akulona nje igama elichaza amadoda,” kusho uWilliams. "Ukuba namandla kuzizwa kukunika amandla. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuyamangalisa kakhulu ukuthi abesifazane abanjengami sebenethuba lokuba nomsebenzi wokuba ngumsubathi hhayi nje ukuphupha ngakho."

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