Haɗu da Dani Rylan, Wanda ya kafa NWHL

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Dani Rylan shine 5'3 '', ko 5'5 '' a cikin kankara. Ba ta yin lanƙwasa ga axels biyu ko suturar sutura, ko da yake; Ayyukan kankara na Rylan koyaushe game da wasan hockey ne-kuma akan ƙungiyar samari, ba ƙasa ba. Ta ce, "Na girma, abin da kawai na sani kenan." "Kuma hakan ya sanya nishaɗi."

Waɗannan yaran ba wai kawai suna barin wasu kyawawan yarinya masu farin gashi su shuɗe a bayansu ba. Bayan shekaru da wasa tare da Tampa Bay Junior Walƙiya a makarantar firamare, tana da ƙwazo sosai game da wasan da iyayenta suka ba ta damar yin rajista a makarantar kwana sama da mil dubu daga gidanta na Florida. Makarantar St. Mark ta shahara a New England saboda shirin wasan ƙwallon ƙanƙara, wanda ya samar da ƙwararrun 'yan wasa, kuma an nada Rylan kyaftin na' yan matan. Ta sake yin wasa tare da samarin don ƙungiyar kulob ɗin Jami'ar Jihar Metropolitan a Colorado. (Hockey ba shine kawai wasan motsa jiki na mata ba; gano dalilin da yasa Kungiyoyin Makarantun Sakandare ke rungumar 'yan wasa mata.)

"Bayan gwaje-gwajen, kociyan sun zo gare ni, suka ce, 'Ka tabbata kana son buga wasa lamba wasan hockey? '"Rylan, yanzu 28, ta tuna." Na ce, To, na san ba na kokarin yin rawa.' Na san abin da nake shiga. "

Ta yi ƙarfin hali bayan bugun daga manyan abokan aikinta na kwaleji - "bayan kowane wasa, na ji kamar karamar babbar mota ta buge ni," in ji ta-amma girmansu ba shine kawai bambancin raɗaɗi a tsakanin su ba. Yaran sun yi mafarki game da wasa a cikin NHL, ko ma canja wuri don yin wasa don makarantar D-1. Rylan, ba shakka, ba zai iya ba.

"Idan kun yi wasa a duk rayuwar ku, ya zama wani ɓangare na ainihin ku," in ji ta, "don haka lokacin da za ku rataya shi, lokaci ne na bakin ciki."

Ta ce ’yan wasa mata suna samun kololuwa tun suna shekara 27, ko kuma rabin shekaru goma bayan jami’a. Don haka bayan da Rylan ta kammala karatu, da kyar ta yi shirin yin ritayar kankara. Ta ƙaura zuwa New York City, inda ta buɗe kantin kofi (Rise da Grind a Gabashin Harlem) kuma ta ci gaba da yin wasan nishaɗi ga ƙungiyoyin kulob maza biyu. "Ya yi min kyau, amma ga 'yan wasan da har yanzu suke fafatawa a matakin kasa, babban burinsu shi ne su yi wasannin Olympics a duk shekara hudu," in ji ta. Babu wani zaɓi na ƙwararru, babu gasar Amurka, kuma tabbas babu dama ga 'yan wasan mata don samun kuɗi. Rylan ya koka kan duk waɗancan damar da aka rasa, duk waɗancan 'yan wasan da ba su da wani buri da ya rage.

Tunanin ya makale a duk tsawon rayuwar karatun digiri, yayin da ta tashi Rise da Grind daga ƙasa. Kuma a lokacin gasar Olympics ta 2014 ne, lokacin da kungiyoyin wasan hockey na mata na Amurka da Kanada suka fafata da ita a cikin karin lokaci a lokacin wasan karshe, Rylan ta samu kwarin gwiwa ta kirkiro gasar kasa-duk da kanta. "Kallon wannan ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙafa (Hagu) ta 'yan wasa ne (Hockey) da ke kallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallon ƙwallo. "Ba zan iya yarda da cewa babu shi ba tukuna." (Haɗu da Matan da ke Canza Fuskar Ƙarfin Yarinya.)

Yayin da take binciken wannan sabuwar harkar kasuwanci, wasanni na mata na samun farin jini da ba a taba ganin irinsa ba, inda kungiyar kwallon kafa ta mata ta Amurka ta lashe gasar cin kofin duniya da Serena Williams a cikin wani yanayi na ban mamaki. Duk hankalin ya taimaka mata ne kawai, in ji Rylan.

Don haka ta yaya mutum zai fara ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar wasanni ta ƙasa? Ta hanyar daga wayar. Mai yawa. "Mutane ko da yaushe suna cewa duniyar wasan hockey tana da ƙanƙanta sosai, kuma ta haka ne wannan abin ya yi ƙanƙara da sauri," in ji ta. "Na kai ga dangina na hockey, kuma kowa yana bayansa. Duk suka ce 'Dani, ya kamata ka yi wannan!' "Ayyukan wasan hockey na shekaru ashirin ya ba ta hanyar sadarwa, daga 'yan wasa zuwa wurare, yayin da kofi. shagon ya koya mata ƙwarewar kasuwanci sosai. A cikin ƙasa da shekara guda, ƙungiyar tana ɗaukar nauyi.

Rylan ya sami 'yan wasa, ya gudanar da sansanonin horo, biranen bincike, ƙirƙirar ƙungiyoyi, da wuraren da aka tsara. "Duk wanda yayi scheduling don rayuwa, hulata na kashe musu" tana dariya. Don wurin, ta zaɓi ta mai da hankali kan arewa maso gabas. "Kashi 33 cikin 100 na duk rajistar wasan hockey na yankin arewa maso gabas," in ji ta. "Don rage kudaden da muke kashewa, mun zabi kasuwanni hudu mafi inganci a arewa maso gabas." Biranen ƙarshe, da ƙungiyoyin su, sune Buffalo Beauts, New York Riveters, Connecticut Whale, da Boston Pride.

Neman kuɗi ya kasance, ba shakka, ya fi rikitarwa. "Masu tallafawa suna son lambobi na zahiri: menene demo ɗin mu, magoya baya nawa ne ke zuwa wasanni, da sauransu," in ji Rylan. "Idan ba ku buga kakar wasa ba tukuna, ba ku da waɗannan lambobin. Sa'a, muna da masu saka hannun jari tun daga farko waɗanda ke ba da goyon baya ga wannan gasar, da kuma wasannin mata. Kasuwanci ne da ba a taɓa amfani da shi ba!"

Kudin ya kasance wani muhimmin al'amari na Kungiyar Hockey ta Mata ta Kasa, saboda ba kamar sauran ƙoƙarin mutane na ƙirƙirar ƙwararrun wasannin ba, Rylan ta yi niyyar samun 'yan wasan ta. biya. Zai ɗauki ɗan lokaci kafin waɗannan 'yan wasan su iya biyan albashi mai tsoka daga wasannin su-ba tare da ambaton jawo kwangiloli masu adadi takwas kamar Lebrons na duniya ba-amma daidai ne waɗannan matan za su iya yi? "A gaskiya, wannan lokaci ne mai kyau don yin wannan tambayar saboda kuɗin farko ya fita yau," in ji Rylan cikin alfahari. "Matsakaicin albashi shine $ 15,000." (Dole ne kowa ya fara wani wuri; ga Yadda Mafi Girma 'Yan Wasan Mata ke Biya Kudi.)

Don wannan adadin, 'yan wasan NWHL sun sadaukar da ayyuka guda biyu a mako, wasannin gida tara, da wasannin gida guda tara. Rylan ya tabbatar da cewa jadawalin kakar wasa ya dace sosai kamar yadda zai yiwu ga mata, waɗanda za su iya samun ayyuka na cikakken lokaci da iyalai. Ana gudanar da aikace -aikacen bayan lokutan aiki, kuma wasannin na ranar Lahadi ne kawai. "Muna da irin wannan rukunin mata daban -daban a cikin gasar," in ji ta, daga malamai zuwa masu aikin gine -gine, daga gals na gida zuwa matan da aka dauka daga Austria, Rasha, da Japan.

Za a fara wasan farko na farkon NWHL a ranar 11 ga Oktoba, 2015, da 1:30 na yamma, lokacin da puck ya faɗi tsakanin Riveters da Whale a Chelsea Piers a Stamford, CT. Rylan ba ta da isasshen lokacin da za ta yaba da nasarar da ta samu, ko yin la'akari da abin da ta gada a matsayin kwamishinan farko na NWHL. A gaskiya ma, tana dariyar ra'ayin.

Ta ce "Na shagaltu da komai a yanzu, ban sani ba ko na gane hakan tukuna," in ji ta. "Bayan nasarar wannan shekarar, [wancan ne] lokacin da na numfasa in ce, 'Kai.'"

A halin yanzu, tana yaba "kananan nasarorin." "Iyaye sun zo wurinmu, suna cewa, 'Yana da ban mamaki 'yata za ta iya yin mafarkin kasancewa ƙwararriyar 'yar wasa," in ji ta. "Suna cewa, Myana yana so ya zama Ranger. Yanzu 'yata tana son zama Riveter."

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