Elula, 5-iLizwi Mantra Sloane Stephens Ubomi Ngu

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USloane Stephens akanyanzelekanga ukuba angenise inkundla yentenetya. Ngelixa sele edlalile kwiiOlimpiki kwaye waba yintshatsheli yase-US evulekileyo (phakathi kwezinye izinto ezifezekisiweyo), umsebenzi wakhe omiselweyo usabhalwa.

Kutshanje uye wema ngo: BLACKPRINT, iQela leziBonelelo zabaSebenzi abaNtsundu leMeredith Corporation (eyeyayo Ubume), ngenxa yempilo yayo ebonakalayo kunye nokuqina komzimba ukuthetha ngendlela ayigcina ngayo intshatsheli yakhe yengqondo, ukuba kunjani ukuba liqaqobana lobuhlanga kwihlabathi lentenetya, kunye nendlela anethemba lokukhuthaza ngayo isizukulwana esilandelayo.

Akuyomfihlo ukuba iimbaleki ezininzi ziye zaya-kwiimantra ezibanceda bagcine inkuthazo kunye nokugxila kwabo. Umgaqo onokulandelwa nguStephens olandelayo ukuhlala ngaphezulu komdlalo wakhe? "Ayiyo ukuba, yiyo nini." Intsingiselo yobomi bakhe mantra kukuba ayingombuzo ukuba uya kuyiphumeza into osebenzela kuyo, konke kungumba nje wexesha.

"Oko kusebenza kwizinto ezininzi ebomini," utshilo uStephens. "Ndiva nje ukuba xa ulinde into ethile ukuba yenzeke, awazi ukuba izakwenzeka na. Ukuba unoxinzelelo, awazi ukuba izakuphela nini, awazi xa ixesha lakho elinzima lizakugqitywa: ayisiyiyo ukuba, nini. (Idibeneyo: Njani uSteane Stephens Ukuhlawula kwakhona kwiNkundla yeTennis)

Imantra yakhe imncedile kuhambo lwakhe lwe-tennis, ngakumbi ngelixa elinde ukuba kubekho ukumelwa ngokungaguquguqukiyo kwezemidlalo. "Ukukhula, ukudlala intenetya njengebhinqa eliselula lase-Afrika laseMelika, bekungekho bantu baninzi kunye nabadlali ababonakala njengam," wabelana. Iprojekti yentenetya ithe yaya kwizikolo ezahlukeneyo zetennis phakathi kweminyaka eli-10 ukuya kweli-16, kodwa akukhathaleki nokuba uyaphi, ukungabikho kokwahlukahlukana kuhlala kuhle kakhulu. Ekugqibeleni, ngenxa yempumelelo ekhulayo kunye nokuzinza kwabadlali beTennis abaMnyama abanjengoVenus Williams, uSerena Williams, kunye noChanda Rubin, wazibona esemdlalweni.

Namhlanje, baninzi ngakumbi abadlali abaMnyama abavula indlela yeembaleki ezizayo-kubandakanya noStephens ngokwakhe. Ngokuthandwa kukaNahomi Osaka kunye noCoco Gauff ngokuthe ngcembe ekunyukeni, uStephens ucinga ukuba umdlalo usendleleni elungileyo yokuba abantwana bazibonele kwinkundla yentenetya. "Njengokuba sikhulile, sakha, kwaye sisebenza kwimidlalo yethu, konke kuhlanganisiwe, utshilo. "Kwahlukile kubantwana abancinci kunam kuba baninzi bethu, kwaye sonke sibukeka sihluke, kwaye sonke sinombono wokumela." (Eyeleleneyo: Uyenza njani iNdawo eBandakanyiweyo kwiNdawo yokuPhila)

Njengokuba abadlali beTennis abaNtsundu beqhubeka nokufumana ukubonakala okungaphezulu, uStephens naye ebenyanzelisa olu tshintsho ngokwakhe, oko kukuthi ngegama lakhe, iSloane Stephens Foundation, umbutho wesisa okhonza kulutsha olumele bucala eCompton, California. Isiseko sizabalazela "ukuhlakulela isizukulwana esitsha seentenetya" ngokukhuthaza indlela yokuphila esempilweni, isondlo esifanelekileyo, kunye nokuthatha inxaxheba kwimisebenzi yokomelela komzimba. UStephen ucacisile ukuba iqela lesiseko sakhe liyasebenza ukutshintsha ibali elithandwayo lokuba i-tennis inokuba yeyabantu abanemali eninzi.

"Ndiyathanda ukubona amantombazana amancinci kunye nabantwana abancinci bethandana, 'ndidlala intenetya ngenxa yakho' okanye 'ndikubukele kumabonwakude,' utshilo. "Ungazenza izinto ezininzi ngenene ukuba udlala intenetya, [okanye nokuba] ukuba unomdla kwintenetya [njengokusebenza kuthungelwano lwezemidlalo] ... Ukunika abo bantwana ithuba lokusebenzisa intenetya njengesithuthi kubaluleke kakhulu. "

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