KwiGridi eNtsha yeMidlalo, uMonique Williams Ulawula oPhakamileyo

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UMonique Williams unamandla okubalelwa kuye-hayi nje ngokuba i-5'3'', i-136-ponti uFloridian oneminyaka engama-24 ubudala ngumdlali onomtsalane ngokwakhe, kodwa ngenxa yokuba eyedwa ebeka umdlalo omtsha kwinqanaba. imephu.

Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba wazi uWilliams, kufuneka wazi iGridi. I-National Pro Grid League-ebandakanya amaqela asibhozo kwilizwe lonke-iqalise isizini yayo yokuqala ngo-2014, kwaye izichaza "njengomdyarho weembaleki weqela elicwangcisiweyo." Ukuguqulelwa: Ngexesha lomdlalo, amaqela amabini adityanisiweyo wamadoda asixhenxe kunye nabafazi abasixhenxe babalekela entloko ukuya entloko iiyure ezimbini, begqibezela imidyarho eli-11 ukuya kwimizuzu esibhozo evavanya yonke into ukusuka kwisantya nakwisicwangciso-qhinga ukuya kubuchule kunye nonyamezelo ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo yokuphakamisa ubunzima kunye nezinto zomzimba. Inyaniso eyonwabileyo: indoda enye kunye nomfazi omnye kwiqela ngalinye kufuneka libe ngaphezu kweminyaka eyi-40. Cinga njenge-CrossFit kwi-crack (enengqiqo, ekubeni umsunguli uTony Budding wayengumqeshwa wangaphambili we-CrossFit Inc.). (Dibana nabona badlali bangoyikiyo kwiMidlalo ye-CrossFit ka-2015.)

UWilliams ubekwiGridi ukusukela ekuqaleni. Imbaleki uninzi lobomi bakhe, uWilliams uhlala ethambekele kwimidlalo elawulwa ngamadoda njengebhasikithi, ibhola yebhola ekhatywayo, kunye nomkhondo kunye nenkundla. Yayiluthando lwakhe lokugqibela olwaluqhubela kwinqanaba lakhe lezemidlalo kwinqanaba elilandelayo-wafumana ithrekhi kunye nokufundela intsimi kwiDyunivesithi yaseMzantsi Florida, apho waba yintshatsheli yamaxesha amabini kwi-Big East kuyo yomibini imitsi emide kunye nokutsiba kathathu .

Emva kwekholeji, uWilliam wayekhangela indawo entsha yeembaleki. “Bendisenza i-CrossFit, kwaye iqabane lam lihlala kwibhokisi eWest Palm Beach,” utshilo uWilliams. "Ndakhe ndeva ngeGridi kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo, kodwa ndaziva ngokwenene kwezemidlalo ngo-Agasti 2014 xa wayefika ekhaya ephethe amatikiti kumdlalo weMiami vs New York owawubanjelwe eCoral Gables. Ngokuqinisekileyo ndandibhideka ngamanye amaxesha malunga bekuqhubeka ntoni emdlalweni, kodwa bekucaca kum ukuba wonke umntu okhuphisanayo ubonwaba kakhulu. Oko kundikhumbuze iqela lam lengoma nekholeji kunye nalo lonke ulonwabo ebesinalo kunye. "

Eshukunyiswe nguloo mdlalo, uWilliams wajoyina iOrlando Outlaws, iqela elincinci leLigi kwiAmerican Amateur Grid League (SAGL). Emva kokwenza iimvavanyo ezikhethekileyo zeGridi, ezilinganisa isantya, amandla, amandla kunye neentshukumo zomzimba, wagqiba ekubeni ulungele inqanaba elilandelayo. “Ndizimase usuku lwepro eMiami, eyayilinyathelo lokuqala lokubonisa izakhono zam kukhuphiswano lobuchwephesha,” utshilo uWilliams. "Emva koko, ndamenyelwa kwindibaniselwano yaseMaryland, neyayilithuba lamaqela eengcali kwiligi ukuvavanya nokuvavanya izakhono zam ukubona ukuba ndingongeza na."

Yayingamava akhuthazayo kuWilliams. "Ukubona iimbaleki ezininzi phaya zizimisele ukungqina ukuba zikwiqela kwakukhuthaza kwaye umoya wandinika amandla amaninzi, utshilo. Njengoko uWilliams wayebonisa izakhono zakhe ezahlukeneyo kwezemidlalo, kwakungekho mathandabuzo ukuba wayekwiqela le-pro-wachongwa kwindawo yeshumi kuyilo loyilo, kwaye wakhethwa ukujoyina i-LA Reign. (Khawukhe uzibuze ukuba Njani iimbaleki eziHlawulelweyo zaBafazi eziBaseleyo zenza iMali?)

I-Going pro iphawule inguqu enomdla kunye nebalulekileyo kwikhondo lezemidlalo likaWilliams, kodwa ukufuduka ukusuka eFlorida ukuya eCalifornia akuzange kube ngaphandle kokuncama. Umahluko wexesha kunye nokuba kude nesithandwa sam yayiyeyona mingeni mikhulu, utshilo uWilliams. “Kwaye ukudlala kweli nqanaba liphezulu lokhuphiswano kwaba okuninzi irhafu engaphezulu kunokuba bendicinga."

U-Williams, kunye nabanye abafazi kunye namadoda eqela (bonke abo ziimbaleki ezihlawulwayo), bachitha iiyure ezininzi bemanzi emanzi kwiinkampu zoqeqesho ezisisinyanzelo kunye nokwenza. "Siziqhelanisa nomvulo-ngolwesiHlanu, amaxesha amaninzi ukusukela ngentsimbi yesi-8 ukuya kweyesi-4 emva kwemini, ngamanye amaxesha sisiqingatha seentsuku ngeMigqibelo ngokuxhomekeke ekubeni sinematshisi okanye hayi," utsho uWilliams. Ishedyuli yoqeqesho echanekileyo ixhomekeke kumqeqeshi oyintloko uMax Mormont. UMormont akaqhelekanga kwiimbaleki ezikumgangatho ophezulu. Imbaleki yobomi bonke ebalasele ekuphakamiseni ubunzima-ekufanelekeni kwiimvavanyo ze-Olimpiki zika-2008 kunye ne-2012 kwezemidlalo-Mormont wangena kwisizini ka-2015 njengomlawuli woqeqesho kunye nesicwangciso soLawulo kwaye kungekudala emva kokuba ethathe isikhundla sokuba ngumqeqeshi weqela.

Ngelixa uMormont ekugqibeleni ekhetha ukuba ngubani oza kwenza zeziphi izakhono ngexesha lomdlalo, wonke umntu kufuneka alungele ukwenza nantoni na efunekayo kwiqela, ngakumbi ukuba izinto azihambi ngokufanelekileyo ngokucwangcisa. "Umlingane ngamnye kufuneka azame ukugqibezela ugqatso ngalunye ngokukhawuleza ngaphandle kokuyekelela, njengoko iqela eliphumeleleyo kukhuphiswano ngalunye linikwa amanqaku amabini, ngaphandle komdyarho we-11, ngamanqaku ama-3," wabelana uWilliams. "Ukuba asiluphumeleli ugqatso, kusafuneka sigqibe ngaphambi kokuba ixesha liphele ukuze sifumane inqaku elinye, njengoko inqaku ngalinye elifunyenwe kwiGridi lisiya kufikelela kwinjongo yethu yokuphumelela umdlalo."

Nangona baninzi abadlali abangama-23 kwiqela, ngamadoda asixhenxe kuphela kunye nabafazi abasixhenxe abasentsimini-okanye igridi-ngexesha (amaqela avumelekile endaweni yabadlali abangenamkhawulo kwiintlanga ezininzi). I-generalist echaziweyo, uWilliams unethuba lokubonisa izakhono zakhe kakhulu, ekhuphisana kuyo yonke imidlalo iqela ebelinayo. Ukudlala umdlalo kuzisa uchulumanco kunye novalo, utshilo uWilliams. "Phambi komdlalo, uMqeqeshi uMax uhlala endikhumbuza ukuba ndincume, kuba ekupheleni kosuku silapho ukuze sonwabe kwaye sixhasane."

Inxalenye yeqela yeyona nto yahluthisa umdla kaWilliams kwezemidlalo, kwaye iseyinto ayithandayo ngeGridi ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje. "Kuyamangalisa ukubona iimbaleki zibonisa izakhono zazo zingenamkhethe," utshilo uWilliams. "Njengomntu obesoloko ethatha inxaxheba kwezemidlalo ikakhulu ezilawulwa ngamadoda, bendisoloko ndixelelwa ukuba andinakukwazi ukutsiba ukuza kuthi ga ngoku okanye andikwazi ukuphakamisa kakhulu njengoogxa bam abangamadoda. Igridi indinika ithuba lokuba ndibonakalise ukuba bayaphazama- uncuma. "

Kodwa imithetho yamathuba alinganayo kaGrid kunye neerejimeni zoqeqesho ezinzima azibathulisanga abo bathiyayo. "Kangangendlela endifumana ngayo izimvo ngathi 'amadoda anamandla kunamabhinqa' ayikhathazi, andiyivumeli ukuba indikhathaze," utshilo uWilliams. "Abantu banelungelo lokufumana ezabo izimvo. Kum, inika inkuthazo yokuqhubeka nokugqwesa kwezemidlalo." (I-Psst ... Le Golfer ineminyaka engama-20 ubudala ibonakalisa igalufa ayisiyoMdlalo nje woMntu.)

Kwaye ugqwesa okwenzayo emva komdlalo wobuntshatsheli weSizwe wePro Grid League (NPGL) ngoSeptemba 20, uWilliams wabizwa ngokusemthethweni njenge-NPGL Rookie yoNyaka ka-2015. Ndonwabile kwaye ndinombulelo ngokwaziwa, ngakumbi phakathi kweembaleki ezininzi ezingakholelekiyo, utshilo. "Ndiyakholelwa ngokwenyani ukuba ukusebenza nzima, ukuhlala ndithobekile, kunye nokuzibophelela ekwenzeni nantoni na kwiqela lethu yeyona nto indibeka kwindawo yokufumana eli wonga."

Ukusebenza kwakhe nzima kuye kwambeka kwindawo yokukhokela intshukumo eyakhayo yomzimba ekhokelwa ngabadlali abakhabayo abafana nentshatsheli ye-UFC uRonda Rousey, umgibi wehamile kwi-Olimpiki u-Amanda Bingson, kunye nokunye (ukwazi abasetyhini abanamandla abatshintsha ubuso be #GirlPower). "Amandla ayilogama nje ukuchaza amadoda," utsho uWilliams. "Ukomelela kukuziva kunika amandla. Ndicinga ukuba kuyamangalisa ukuba abantu basetyhini abafana nam ngoku banethuba lokuba nomsebenzi wokuba yimbaleki kwaye bangaphuphi nje ngalo."

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