I-Basketball Star DiDi Richards Yoyisile ukuKhubazeka okwethutyana ukuyenza ngo-Matshi

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Ngomnxeba ophikisayo ngee-Refs ngexesha lomdlalo ophelileyo we-Elite Eight ebusuku, u-UConn Huskies unkqonkqoze iBaylor Bears ngoMatshi ophambeneyo, ephelisa amathuba abo okufikelela kwiFine yokuGqibela kwibhasikithi yekholeji yonyaka yeeveki ezimbini. Yayiyinto eyothusayo - kodwa ibali emva komdlali omnye weBhele libuyele ngokumangalisayo enkundleni ngaphambi kokuba boyiswe lihlala likhuthaza ngendlela emangalisayo.

Emuva ngo-Okthobha ka-2020 ngexesha lokuziqhelanisa ne-scrimmage, ii-Bears zigada u-DiDi Richards kunye neqela leqela uMoon Ursin bangqubana ngempazamo xa bezama ukubamba ibhola, bebethana ngesantya esipheleleyo kunye nokutsiba okugcweleyo. Ungquzulwano lwababetha phantsi bobabini abadlali, beshiya uRichards "engashukumi" kwaye "engekho zingqondweni," utshilo u-Alex Olson, umlawuli weyunivesithi yoqeqesho lweembaleki, kudliwanondlebe lwevidiyo ekwabelwana ngalo kwiphepha le-Twitter leBaylor Bears.

Umqeqeshi oyintloko uKim Mulkey wongeze wathi, "bendisazi ukuba ukungqubana kubi kuba ndikuvile, kodwa andicingi ukuba nomnye wethu kuloo ndawo yokuzivocavoca uyiqaphele into ayenzileyo kuDiDi."

URichards ekugqibeleni wenzakala kumqolo womnqonqo owawukhubazeke okwethutyana ukusuka ezinqeni ezantsi, ngokuka ESPN. (Idibeneyo: Ndiphinde ndabuya njani kwiinyembezi ezimbini ze-ACL kwaye ndabuya ndomelele kunakuqala)

U-Olson uthe oogqirha bachaze ukonzakala kuka-Richards njengo "kothuka" kwinkqubo yakhe ye-nervous system, ebandakanya nengqondo kunye nomqolo. Ngelixa ingqondo yakhe yachacha “ngokukhawuleza ngokwenene,” ucacise watsho u-Olson, umnqonqo wakhe wathatha ixesha elide ukuba uphile kakuhle, nto leyo eyayimshiya ekhubazekile okwexeshana ukusuka esinqeni ukuhla.

URichards emva koko waqala iinyanga zokubuyisela ukunyakaza kunye namandla kumzimba wakhe ophantsi, ekwabelana ngokuba "walile ukukholelwa ukuba [akasayi] kuphinda ahambe." Ngapha koko, uMulkey wathi uRichards waqala indlela yakhe yokuchacha ngokubonisa ukuzilolonga nje iintsuku ezimbini emva kokulimala kwakhe, esebenzisa umntu ohambahamba enxibe iyunifomu yakhe. Kungaphelanga nenyanga, wayesele ejimini edubula i-jump shots. (Inxulumene: Ukonzakala kweNeck yam yayikuKhathalela ukuziKhathalela ekuziKhathaleleni ndandingazi ukuba ndiyafuna)

Kunye nokuzimisela, uRichards wayexhomekeke kwiqhinga lokuphilisa elingaqhelekanga: uburharha. "Nanini na xa ndisiva [okanye] ndiziva naluphi na uhlobo lokungakhathali, bendizokuqhula ngesiqhulo kum," wabelane. "Kwakufuneka ndihlale ndinomoya ophezulu ukuze ndikhusele ukholo lwam okanye ndizikhusele kuba ndandibuhlungu kuba imilenze yam yayingasebenzi; ndandibuhlungu andikwazi ukudlala. Kwakungekho enye indlela ngaphandle kokuhlala ndinomoya ophakamileyo. "

NgoDisemba - ngaphantsi kweenyanga ezimbini emva kokwenzakala okungazange kumgrogrise nje ngokubeka ecaleni umsebenzi wakhe webhola yomnyazi kodwa okwakunokumthintela ukuba aphinde ahambe kwakhona - iqela lezonyango likaRichards lamkhulula ukuba aqale ukudlala kwakhona, ngokutsho. ESPN. (Idibeneyo: Indlela uVictoria Arlen azenzele ngayo ngaphandle kokukhubazeka ukuze abe yiParalympian)

I-Baylor isenokuba iphumile kwitumente ye-basketball yabasetyhini ye-NCAA, kodwa ibali likaRichards lingqina ukuba ukomelela, ukomelela, ukusebenza nzima, nokuba noburharha obuncinci bunokuhamba umgama omde xa kujongwe eyona miqobo ingenakoyiswa. Njengoko u-Olson ebeka ibali lakhe lempumelelo eliphawulekayo lomdlali: "Ungomnye wabasebenzi abanzima kunabo bonke endikhe ndambona beza kule nkqubo. Ufanele ube nokuzimisela - nguDiDi Richards. Ufanele ube namandla. Uyi-Energizer. Bunny. Kodwa ngaphezu koko, ndicinga ukuba emazantsi entliziyo yakhe unethemba nonyamezelo olungenakuphikiswa.

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