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U-Emma Powell wayejabule futhi ejabule lapho isonto lakhe lisanda kumbuza ukuthi abe ngumgqugquzeli wezinkonzo zabo zangeSonto-aze akhumbule ukuthi ngeke akwazi ukukwenza. “Kwadingeka ngenqabe ngoba ngiphuke umunwe okwamanje,” ekhumbula. "Ngesikhathi ungqongqoshe engibuza ukuthi kwenzeke kanjani ngamtshela ukuthi 'sidlala umbhoxo,' wathi, 'Cha, ngempela, ukwenze kanjani lokho? '"

Osontayo, ofundelwa ekhaya, umama wezingane eziyisithupha waseKyle, eTexas, uthola lokho kusabela kakhulu lapho ebatshela ukuthi uthando lwakhe lwempilo umbhoxo, umdlalo wokuthintana ngokugcwele owaziwa kakhulu ngokuba umzala onodlame kakhulu webhola laseMelika.

Empeleni, lokho akulona iqiniso. “Abantu bacabanga ukuthi umbhoxo uyingozi ngoba udlala ngaphandle kwama-pads, kodwa wumdlalo ophephile impela,” kusho uPowell. "Umunwe ophinki ophukile mubi kakhulu kwesake senzeka kimi, futhi kade ngidlala lo mdlalo." Uyachaza ukuthi ukudlala ibhola lombhoxo kuyinto ehluke ngokuphelele kunokulwa ebholeni laseMelika. Ngenxa yokuthi abadlali abafaki okokuvikela kunokugcizelelwa okukhulu ekufundeni ukubhekana ngokuphepha (njengakwi, hhayi ngekhanda lakho), amasu okufundisa angasetshenziswa esikhundleni sokubhekana, nokulandela ikhodi yokuphepha eqinile yalokho okuvunyelwe enkundleni futhi yini engekho. (Uma sikhuluma iqiniso, ukuphepha kwebhola lombhoxo kuyisihloko esiyimpikiswano eshushu ngocwaningo olukhulu lwaseNew Zealand oluthola ukuthi ibhola lombhoxo linenani eliphindwe kane "lokulimala okuyinhlekelele" njengebhola laseMelika.)

I-Rugby ngumdlalo weqembu okhula ngesivinini e-U.S. Ngamakilabhu manje atholakala kuyo yonke indawo yedolobha elikhulu kanye nasemadolobheni amakhulu amakhulu. Ukuthandwa kwaso kwaqiniswa lapho i-rugby sevens ingezwa njengomdlalo osemthethweni wama-Olimpiki ngesikhathi semidlalo yasehlobo yase-2016 eRio. Isikhalazo siba sobala uma nje ubuka umdlalo wombhoxo unesu lebhola, isasasa elisheshayo le-hockey, kanye nokusubatha kwebhola likanobhutshuzwayo—futhi luheha abanye babadlali abahamba phambili kuleyo midlalo.

UPowell ngokwakhe waqala njengomdlali webhola lezinyawo esikoleni esiphakeme. "Nganginenhliziyo embi ngayo," usho kanje. "Bengihlala ngijeziswa ngokuhlola umzimba, ngokudlala kabi kakhulu." Ngakho-ke lapho uthisha wakhe wesayensi ephakamisa ukuthi adlale eqenjini lebhola lombhoxo lomfana alifundisayo, wawuthanda kakhulu lowo mbono.

Kwasiza ukuthi udadewabo omdala uJessica naye edlalela iqembu lebhola lombhoxo lomfana eminyakeni embalwa edlule futhi wazakhela igama kulo mdlalo. (UJessica uzoqhubeka nokuthola iqembu labesifazane lombhoxo eBrigham Young University ngo-1996.) Yize uPowell wayemncane futhi engenalo nolaka kuno-sis wakhe omkhulu, wanquma ukulandela ezinyathelweni zakhe futhi wathola ukuthi uyayithanda ne-rough-and-tumble ezemidlalo. Ngonyaka olandelayo wathola indawo eqenjini lombhoxo lesikole samantombazane sokuqala e-U.S.

Izinto zaba nzima kakhulu kuyena ngemuva kokuqeda isikole, nokho, njengoba kwakunzima ukuthola iligi yabantu abadala azodlala kuyona. "Kunzima ukuthola indawo yokuzijwayeza engavumela nombhoxo." Amaqembu ebhola lombhoxo abesifazane ayeyindlala, edinga uhambo olude ukuze adlale imidlalo, futhi kwadingeka ayiyeke cishe iminyaka engamashumi amabili. Ngonyaka odlule, ngemva nje kokuzalwa kwakhe kweminyaka engu-40, wahamba nezingane zakhe wayobuka umdlalo webhola lombhoxo waseTexas State futhi "wabuthwa" ukuthi azodlala ku-The Sirens, iqembu lendawo labesifazane. "Kwakungathi kunqunyelwe," esho, "futhi bekumnandi nje ukudlala futhi."

Yini ayithandayo ngakho? U-Powell uhlale engenzi lutho nganoma yiliphi ithuba "lokuthola umzimba," ethi imihuzuko emincane nemihuzuko kumenza azizwe "eqinile futhi ephila." Ubonga umbhoxo ngokumsiza ukuthi abe sesimweni esikahle ngemuva kokwehlisa amakhilogremu angama-40 ngonyaka owedlule ngokuthuthukisa ukuqina nempilo yakhe yonke. Futhi ungumlandeli wecebo, umlando, kanye nemidlalo ebandakanyekayo. (Ibhola lombhoxo likhona kusukela ngo-1823.) Kodwa ikakhulukazi uthi uyawuthanda umoya wokuzwana kulo mdlalo.

"Kunesiko lokudlala kabi, kepha ushiya konke ukushuba enkundleni," esho. "Womabili amaqembu aphuma ndawonye ngemuva kwalokho, neqembu lasekhaya livame ukuphatha i-barbecue noma ipikinikini yabo bonke abadlali nemindeni. Wonke umuntu uhalalisela amanye futhi uvuselela yonke imidlalo yokudlala ehamba phambili kuzo zombili izinhlangothi. Yimuphi omunye umdlalo owubona wenzeka lowo? umphakathi wabangane abasheshayo. "

Uphinde athole ukuthi lo mdlalo unikeza amandla abesifazane ngokuhlukile. "Umbhoxo wabesifazane uyisifaniso esihle sobufazi besimanje; uphethe umzimba wakho namandla akho," esho. "Ngenxa yokuthi awukho umqondo wekilabhu yabafana ukuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi kuncane kuneminye imidlalo evamile yabesilisa."

Lokho kusiza ukuchaza ukuthi kungani inani labesifazane abadlala ibhola lombhoxo lenyuke ngamaphesenti angama-30 kule minyaka emine edlule, uma kuqhathaniswa nebhola, elibone ukwehla okuqhubekayo kokubamba iqhaza okuphelele kule minyaka eyishumi edlule.

Kepha uma ubuza uPowell, isikhalazo sithandana kakhulu. "Umdlalo awuyeki ukulwa," usho njalo. "Kugeleza nje, njengomdanso onesihluku, omuhle."

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