I-Paralympic Track Atthlete Scout Bassett Ngokubaluleka Kokubuyisela — Yabasubathi Bayo Yonke Iminyaka

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U-Scout Bassett ubengase abambe kalula "okungenzeka Kakhulu Ukuba I-MVP yawo wonke ama-MVP" aphakeme kakhulu ekukhuleni kwakhe. Udlale ezemidlalo njalo ngesizini, unyaka nonyaka, futhi wanika ibhola lomnqakiswano, i-softball, igalofu, kanye nethenisi umdlalo wokuvivinya ngaphambi kokuqala ukuncintisana emiqhudelwaneni yethrekhi neyenkundla. Ngaleso sikhathi, ezemidlalo zaziyindawo ephephile - indawo lapho uBassett ayekwazi ukubalekela noma yiziphi izinkinga zomuntu siqu ayebhekene nazo - kanye nendawo yokuziveza, uyatshela. Umumo.

"Ngicabanga ukuthi ukube angizange ngibe emdlalweni njalo ngesizini yonyaka, angazi ukuthi bengizobe ngikuphi ngokuya ngempilo yami, njengomuntu," kusho uBassett. "Hhayi ukusho ukuthi bengizokwazi ngingene enkingeni noma ngenza ukukhetha okubi, kodwa ngokuqinisekile lokho akuphumi endaweni engenzeka. Futhi lokho kwaba kuhle kimina [ukungigcina] ngigxile endleleni, egqugquzelwe, [kanye] nokubeka imigomo."

Ngokusobala, ukuzinikela okuqinile komdlali oneminyaka engama-33 kwezokusubatha, ikakhulukazi umkhondo kanye nenkundla, sekuzuze. U-Bassett, owalahlekelwa umlenze wakhe wesokudla emlilweni esemncane, wajoyina Iqembu Lase-U.S. Paralympic okokuqala ngqa ngo-2016 futhi wangenela imicimbi emibili emidlalweni yasehlobo e-Rio de Janeiro. Ngemuva konyaka, wahola izindondo ezimbili zethusi, eyodwa kwi-dash yemitha eli-100 kanti enye kwi-long jump, kwi-World Championship yakhe yesithathu. Yize uBassett engayifanele iMidlalo Yama-Paralympic yaseTokyo 2020, uzobe ehalalisela abanye asebenza nabo njengombhali we-NBC kuwo wonke umncintiswano.

Futhi akagcini lapho. UBassett uhlala engummeli wezwi labesifazane abasebasha ukuthi baqhubeke nokuzibandakanya kwabo kwezemidlalo. Eqinisweni, amantombazane ayishiya ezemidlalo ngezinga eliphindwe kabili kunelabafana eneminyaka engu-14, ngokusho kweWomen Sports Foundation. Futhi lolu thando lwezokusubatha yingakho esebenzisana no-Always. Okwamanje, Ihlala isebenza ne-YMCA ukudala izinhlelo zikazwelonke ezisiza ukubuyisela abesifazane abasebasha emdlalweni njengengxenye yomkhankaso othi #KeepHerPlaying. “Ngiyazi ukuthi ezemidlalo ziye zashintsha kakhulu empilweni yami, zingisiza ukuthi ngingagcini nje ngokubhekana nezinselelo eziningi kangaka kanye nemizabalazo kodwa ngithuthukise namakhono abalulekile empilo angahlangene nhlobo nenkundla yokudlala noma ukuqeqeshwa ngokomzimba,” uthi.

KuBassett, ingcindezi yomphakathi yokuba "ne-hustle mindset" ingomunye wabahlanganyeli abakhulu kule nkinga. “Ungakhungathekiswa yilokho, ucabange ukuthi kumele weqe ngaphezu kwesikhathi sonke, bese ufinyelela kulokhu kutubeka,” kuchaza yena. "... Uma wenza ezemidlalo, noma ngabe kuyizinga lokuzijabulisa noma izinga eliphezulu, ukutubeka kuphezulu. Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi lokho yingxenye yokuthi kungani amantombazane elwela ukuhlala kwezemidlalo esemncane - kungadla konke, futhi asikho isikhathi esanele sokutakula noma isikhathi esikude ukuze uziqalise kabusha."

UBassett akavikelwa ukushiswa amandla, noma. Ngenkathi ejwayelekile yokuqeqesha ukuwa, uzosebenza amahora amahlanu kuya kwayisithupha ngosuku, izinsuku ezinhlanu noma eziyisithupha ngesonto, enza ukubekezela nobuchule bethrekhi, ukuzivocavoca amandla ejimini, nokunye okungashayiwe, okuphansi- ukusebenzisa umthelela, njengokuthi "ukugijima" emathangeni echibini ngenkathi ufake ibhande lokubhukuda. FTR, u-Bassett uthi uyayijabulela "inselele" yohlelo lwakhe lokuqina nokuthi "yinto entsha nejabulisayo nsuku zonke." Kepha onyakeni owedlule, uBassett uthi "ubeziqeqesha ngokweqile ngezindlela ezithile" ngenkathi elungiselela ukuncintisana eMidlalweni yaseTokyo, eyabambezeleka unyaka ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19. "Ayikho incwadi yokudlala, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, yokuthi uziqeqesha kanjani unyaka wesihlanu," kusho uBassett. "Ngicabanga ukuthi besifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi sisebenza kanzima njengabo bonke abantu, uma kungenjalo, ukungalahli isikhathi, ukungachithi unyaka owengeziwe." (Okuhlobene: Indadi uSimone Manuel Uveze Ukulwa Kwakhe Ne-Overtraining Syndrome Izinsuku Ezimbalwa Ngaphambi Kokufanelekela Ama-Olimpiki)

Yize efisa ukuthi athathe isikhathi esithe xaxa ngenkathi elungiselela imidlalo yeTokyo, uBassett ujwayele ukwenza umzamo wokubeka phambili ukubuyiswa - hhayi nje izindlela ezimsizayo ngokomzimba, njengokucindezela imisipha yakhe nokubona owelapha ngokomzimba. “Ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukwenza okwehlukile emdlalweni wakho wangempela,” uyachaza. "Ezinsukwini zami zokululama, akukho ukuqhuba okuhilelekile." Esikhundleni salokho, uBassett uthi ugeleza emakilasini e-yoga, uvakashela olwandle, futhi athathe uhambo lokuhamba ngezinyawo nokuzikhandla ukuze azimise kabusha ngokomqondo.

"Angicabangi ukuthi kungacindezelwa ngokwanele ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukuthi abasubathi bawo wonke amazinga nobudala bazithathe ngempela lezo zinsuku zokululama kanye nezingxenye zonyaka lapho uthatha khona isikhathi sokuphumula ukwenza imidlalo, kancane, ukuqala kabusha, "uyanezela. "... Ungaphumelela ezingeni eliphezulu futhi uthathe ikhefu ukuze ululame, noma ngabe kungokwengqondo noma ngokomzimba. Akunamahloni ngalokho, futhi akusho ukuthi awusebenzi kanzima noma awuzinikele noma uzinikele kwezemidlalo yakho. "

Okubaluleke kakhulu, umpetha womhlaba ufuna ukugcizelela ukuthi abasubathi abasha akumele baziphakamise ngokuzenzekelayo ifulegi elimhlophe lapho kuhamba kuba nzima. “Enye yezinto engiziqhenya ngayo ukusebenza namantombazane amaningi asemancane, ikakhulukazi amantombazane akhubazekile, [futhi] ngifuna ukuba yisibonelo kuwo kangangokuthi ngenxa yokuthi izinto azihambanga ngendlela yakho noma wahluleka, lokho hhayi isizathu sokuyeka. Empeleni, lezi yizona kanye izikhathi nezizathu zokuzibandakanya kwezemidlalo, ukuzibophezela emsebenzini wezandla, "kusho uBassett.

“Kulula ukuyeka, futhi bekungaba lula kulesi sikhundla, kodwa kuningi okungazuzwa,” usho kanje mayelana nokungangeneleli kuma-Paralympics alo nyaka. "Ngikholelwa ngempela ukuthi imivuzo engcono kakhulu yokuphila ivela ngakolunye uhlangothi lwezinkinga."

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