I-Paralympic Track Athlete Scout Bassett ekubalulekeni kokuBuyisa kwakhona- iimbaleki zawo onke amaXesha

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U-Scout Bassett wayenokuhlutha ngokulula "Awona mathuba okuba yi-MVP yazo zonke ii-MVPs" ekhule kakhulu. Wayedlala imidlalo ngalo lonke ixesha lonyaka, unyaka nonyaka, kwaye wanika i-basketball, i-softball, igalufa, kunye ne-tennis uvavanyo ngaphambi kokuba aqale ukukhuphisana kwimisitho yomkhondo. Ngelo xesha, imidlalo yayiyindawo ekhuselekileyo-indawo apho uBassett wayenokubaleka kuzo naziphi na iingxaki awayejamelana nazo-kunye nendawo yokuveza izimvo zakhe, uxelela Ubume.

"Ndicinga ukuba ngendingazange ndibekho emdlalweni rhoqo ngonyaka, andazi ukuba bendizakubangaphi ebomini bam, njengomntu," utshilo uBassett. ndingene engxakini okanye ndenze ukhetho olubi, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo oko akuphumi kwindawo enokwenzeka. Kwaye oko kwaba kuhle kum [ukundigcina] ndigxile kwindlela, ekhuthazayo, [kunye] nokubeka iinjongo."

Ngokucacileyo, ukuzinikela okungagungqiyo komntu oneminyaka engama-33 kwiimbaleki, ngakumbi umkhondo kunye nentsimi, kuye kwaba nembuyekezo. UBassett, owaphulukana nomlenze wakhe wasekunene emlilweni xa wayelusana, wajoyina i-US Paralympic Team okokuqala ngo-2016 kwaye wakhuphisana kwimisitho emibini kwimidlalo yasehlotyeni eRio de Janeiro. Kunyaka kamva, wakhupha iimbasa ezimbini zebronze, enye kwi-100-mitha yedash kwaye enye kwi-long jump, kwi-World Championship yesithathu. Nangona u-Bassett engazange ayifanelekele iMidlalo ye-Paralympic yaseTokyo ka-2020, uya kube evuyisana nabanye iimbaleki njengombhali we-NBC kulo lonke ukhuphiswano.

Kwaye akayeki apho. UBassett usengumthetheleli ovakalayo wabasetyhini abasebatsha ukuba baqhubeke nokuthatha inxaxheba kwabo kwezemidlalo. Ngapha koko, amantombazana ayishiya ezemidlalo kumaxesha aphindwe kabini kunamakhwenkwe aneminyaka eli-14 ubudala, ngokwe-Women's Sports Foundation. Kwaye olu thando lweembaleki kungoko wabambisana no-Soloko. Okwangoku, uhlala esebenza ne-YMCA ukwenza iinkqubo kwilizwe liphela ezinceda ukubuyisela abantu basetyhini kumdlalo njengenxalenye yephulo #KeepHerPlaying. "Ndiyazi ukuba ezemidlalo bezineenguqu ebomini bam, zindinceda ukuba ndingahambi nje kuphela kwimiceli mngeni emininzi nakwimizabalazo kodwa ndikwakhulisa izakhono zobomi ezibalulekileyo ezingenanto yakwenza nenkundla yomdlalo okanye uqeqesho lomzimba," utshilo. utsho.

Ku-Bassett, uxinzelelo loluntu lokuba "ne-hustle mindset" lelinye lanegalelo elikhulu kule ngxaki. “Unokoyiswa yiloo nto, ucinga ukuba kufuneka uhambe ngaphezulu nangaphaya ngalo lonke ixesha, emva koko ufikelele koku kudinwa,” uyachaza. "... Xa usenza imidlalo, nokuba kukwinqanaba lokuzonwabisa okanye kwinqanaba eliphezulu, ukudinwa kuphezulu. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba leyo yinxalenye yesizathu sokuba amantombazana azabalaze ukuhlala kwezemidlalo esemncinci- inokuba kukutya konke, kwaye akukho xesha laneleyo lokufumana kwakhona okanye ixesha lokuba ungaziphindi.

I-Bassett ayinako ukukhuselwa ngumlilo, nokuba kunjalo. Ngexesha loqeqesho oluqhelekileyo lokuwa, uya kusebenza iiyure ezintlanu ukuya kwezintandathu ngosuku, iintsuku ezintlanu okanye ezintandathu ngeveki, esenza unyamezelo kunye nobuchule bokuziqhelanisa nomkhondo, amandla omthambo kwindawo yokuzivocavoca, kunye nokunye ukubetha okungaphantsi, ukusebenza kwefuthe, njengokuthi "ukubaleka" kweephuli ngelixa unxibe ibhanti lokuqubha. I-FTR, uBassett uthi uyonwabela "umceli mngeni" kwirejimeni yakhe yokomelela komzimba kwaye "yinto entsha nenomdla mihla le." Kodwa kulo nyaka uphelileyo, uBassett uthi "wayegabadela ngandlela thile" ngelixa wayelungiselela ukukhuphisana kwimidlalo yaseTokyo, eyalibaziseka unyaka ngenxa yobhubhane we-COVID-19. "Akukho ncwadi yokudlala, ngokutsho, ngendlela oziqeqesha ngayo unyaka wesihlanu," utshilo uBassett. "Ndicinga ukuba besifuna ngokwenene ukuqinisekisa ukuba sisebenza nzima njengaye wonke umntu, ukuba akunjalo, ukuba singaphulukani naliphi na ixesha, singachithi unyaka owongezelelweyo." (Idibeneyo: Indada uSimone Manuel Utyhile umzabalazo wakhe nge-Overtraining Syndrome kwiintsuku nje ngaphambi kokuLungela iiOlimpiki)

Nangona enqwenela ukuthatha ixesha elingakumbi ngelixa elungiselela iMidlalo yaseTokyo, uBassett ngokubanzi wenza iinzame zokubeka phambili ukubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo- hayi iindlela zokumnceda emzimbeni, njengokucofa izihlunu nokubona ugqirha. "Ndicinga ukuba kubalulekile ukwenza into eyahlukileyo kwezemidlalo," ucacisa. "[Ngeentsuku] zam zokubuyisela, akukho nto isebenzayo." Endaweni yoko, uBassett uthi uqukuqela kwiiklasi ze-yoga, undwendwela ulwandle, kwaye athathe uhambo kunye nokunyuka ukuze azihlaziye ngokwasengqondweni.

"Andiqondi ukuba ingacinezeleka ngokwaneleyo ukuba kubaluleke kangakanani kwiimbaleki kuwo onke amanqanaba kunye nobudala ukuba zithathe ezo ntsuku zokufumana kwakhona kwaye nenxalenye yonyaka apho uthatha khona ixesha lokuphumla ungabikho ekwenzeni imidlalo, nje kancinci, ukuqala kwakhona, "uyongeza. "... Unokugqwesa kwinqanaba eliphezulu kwaye uthathe usuku ukuze uphinde uchache, nokuba kungokwengqondo okanye ngokwasemzimbeni. Akukho hlazo kuloo nto, kwaye oko akuthethi ukuba awusebenzi nzima okanye awuzinikelanga okanye uzinikele kwimidlalo yakho. "

Okubaluleke ngakumbi, intshatsheli yehlabathi ifuna ukugxininisa ukuba iimbaleki eziselula mazingazuzisa ngokuzenzekelayo iflegi emhlophe xa kunzima. "Enye yezinto endizingcayo ngayo kukusebenza namantombazana aselula amaninzi, ngakumbi amantombazana akhubazekileyo, [kwaye] ndifuna ukuba ngumzekelo kubo kuba nje izinto zingahambi ngendlela yakho okanye usilele, yile ayisosizathu sokuyeka. Ngapha koko, la ngamaxesha kunye nezizathu zokuzibandakanya kwezemidlalo, ukuzibophelela kubugcisa bakho, utshilo uBassett.

“Kulula ukunikezela, kwaye kungalula kwesi sikhundla, kodwa kuninzi okunokuzuzwa,” utshilo malunga nokungalungeli iParalympics yalo nyaka. "Ndiyakholelwa ngokwenene ukuba imivuzo engcono kakhulu yobomi ivela kwelinye icala lemizabalazo."

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