A cikin Sabon Grid na Wasanni, Monique Williams ya yi Sarauta Mafi Girma

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Monique Williams karfi ne da za a yi la'akari da shi-ba wai kawai saboda Floridian mai shekaru 5'3 '', 136-pound 24 'yar wasa ce mai kayatarwa a cikin nata ba, amma saboda ita kaɗai tana sanya sabon wasa a taswira.

Amma kafin ku san Williams, kuna buƙatar sanin Grid. National Pro Grid League-wanda ya ƙunshi ƙungiyoyi takwas a duk faɗin ƙasar-ya fara kakar bazara a cikin 2014, kuma ya bayyana kansa a matsayin "dabarun tseren wasannin motsa jiki." Fassara: A lokacin wasa, ƙungiyoyi biyu na maza bakwai da mata bakwai suna tsere kai-da-kai na awanni biyu, suna kammala tsere na mintuna 11 zuwa huɗu zuwa takwas waɗanda ke gwada komai daga sauri da dabaru zuwa fasaha da juriya ta iri-iri. na nauyin nauyi da abubuwan nauyi na jiki. Gaskiya mai daɗi: mutum ɗaya da mace ɗaya a kowace ƙungiya dole ne su wuce shekaru 40. Yi tunanin shi a matsayin CrossFit akan fasa (wanda ke da ma'ana, tunda wanda ya kafa Tony Budding tsohon ma'aikaci ne na CrossFit Inc.). (Haɗu da 'Yan wasan da ba su da tsoro na Wasannin CrossFit na 2015.)

Williams ya kasance cikin Grid tun farkon. 'Yar wasa mafi yawan rayuwarta, Williams ta kasance mai yawan sha'awar wasannin maza da suka mamaye kamar kwando, ƙwallon tutar, da waƙa. Soyayyar ta ta ƙarshe ce ta iza ƙwallon wasan ta zuwa mataki na gaba-ta sami gurbin karatu da malanta a Jami'ar Kudancin Florida, inda ta zama zakara na Big East sau biyu a duka tsayin tsalle da tsalle uku. .

Bayan kwaleji, Williams yana neman sabon wurin wasan motsa jiki. "Na kasance ina yin CrossFit, kuma angona yana cikin akwati ne a West Palm Beach," in ji Williams. "Na ji labarin Grid ta hanyar kafofin watsa labarun, amma na ji daɗin wasanni a watan Agusta 2014 lokacin da ya dawo gida tare da tikitin wasan Miami da New York da aka gudanar a Coral Gables. Lallai na kasance cikin rikicewa a wasu lokuta game da abin da ke faruwa a wasan, amma a bayyane yake cewa duk wanda ke fafatawa yana yin nishaɗi sosai. Ya tunatar da ni game da ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta a kwaleji da duk nishaɗin da muka yi tare. "

An yi wahayi zuwa ga wannan wasan, Williams ya shiga cikin Orlando Outlaws, ƙaramin ƙungiyar League a cikin Kudancin Amateur Grid League (SAGL). Bayan yin gwaje-gwaje na musamman na Grid, waɗanda ke auna gudu, ƙarfi, ƙarfi da motsin jiki, ta yanke shawarar cewa ta shirya don mataki na gaba. Williams ya ce: "Na halarci ranar pro a Miami, wanda shine mataki na farko na nuna kwarewata don gasar kwararru." "Bayan haka, an gayyace ni zuwa hadaddiyar kungiyar Maryland, wanda dama ce ga kungiyoyin kwararru a gasar don tantancewa da kuma tantance basirata don ganin ko zan zama mai kyau kari."

Yana da kwarewa mai ban sha'awa ga Williams. "Don ganin 'yan wasa da yawa a can sun ƙuduri niyyar tabbatar da cewa suna cikin ƙungiya ya kasance mai motsawa kuma yanayin ya ba ni ƙarfi sosai," in ji ta. Kamar yadda Williams ta nuna iyawar ta na wasannin motsa jiki iri-iri, babu wata tambaya da ta kasance a cikin ƙungiyar ƙwararrun-an zaɓe ta ta goma a cikin daftarin, kuma an zaɓi ta shiga cikin Sarautar LA. (Ka taɓa yin mamakin Yadda 'Yan Wasan Mata Mafi Girma Suke Samun Kudi?)

Going pro alama alama ce mai ban sha'awa kuma mai mahimmanci a cikin wasan motsa jiki na Williams, amma ƙaura daga Florida zuwa California ba tare da sadaukarwa ba. Williams ya ce "Bambancin lokaci da nisanta da saurayin na shine babban kalubale." "Kuma yin wasa a wannan babban matakin gasar ya kasance yawa ya fi haraji fiye da yadda na fahimta. "

Williams, tare da sauran mata da maza a cikin ƙungiyar (dukkansu 'yan wasa ne masu biyan kuɗi), suna yin sa'o'i da yawa a gumi a sansanin horo da ayyuka na tilas. Williams ya ce "Muna gudanar da aiki galibi daga ranar Litinin zuwa Juma'a, sau da yawa daga karfe 8 na safe zuwa 4 na yamma, tare da rabin kwanaki a ranar Asabar dangane da idan muna da ashana ko a'a," in ji Williams. Ainihin jadawalin horo yana kan babban kocin Max Mormont. Mormont ba baƙo ba ne ga manyan wasannin motsa jiki. Wani ɗan wasan tsere na rayuwa wanda ya yi fice a cikin ɗaukar nauyi-cancantar duka wasannin Olympic na 2008 da 2012 a cikin wasanni-Mormont ya shiga kakar 2015 a matsayin darektan horo da dabarun sarauta kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya karɓi matsayin kocin ƙungiyar.

Yayin da Mormont ya zaɓi wanda zai yi waɗanne ƙwarewa yayin wasan, kowane mutum yana buƙatar kasancewa a shirye don yin duk abin da ake buƙata don ƙungiyar, musamman idan abubuwa ba su tafi daidai gwargwado don tsarawa. "Kowane abokin wasa dole ne ya yi ƙoƙarin kammala kowace tsere da sauri ba tare da jinkiri ba, kamar yadda ƙungiyar da ta yi nasara a kowace tsere ana ba ta maki 2, ban da tseren 11, wanda shine maki 3," in ji Williams. "Idan ba mu ci tseren ba, har yanzu muna buƙatar kammalawa kafin lokaci ya kure don samun maki ɗaya, kamar yadda kowane maki da aka samu akan Grid yana kaiwa ga babban burinmu na cin wasan."

Ko da yake akwai jimillar ƴan wasa 23 a ƙungiyar, maza bakwai da mata bakwai ne kawai ke cikin filin-ko grid-a lokaci ɗaya (an ba da izinin ƙungiyoyin musanyawa marasa iyaka ga mafi yawan jinsi). Wani janar mai bayyana kansa, Williams ta sami damar nuna ƙwarewar ta sosai, tana fafatawa a kowane wasan da ƙungiyar ta yi. Williams ya ce "Yin wasa yana kawo tashin hankali da fargaba." "Kafin wasa, Koci Max koyaushe yana tunatar da ni in yi murmushi, saboda a ƙarshen ranar muna can don jin daɗi da kuma tallafawa juna."

Bangaren ƙungiya shine abin da ya fara burge Williams a cikin wasanni, kuma har yanzu wani abu ne da take ƙauna game da Grid har zuwa yau. "Abin ban mamaki ne ganin yadda 'yan wasa ke nuna bajintar su ba tare da nuna bambancin jinsi ba," in ji Williams. "A matsayina na wanda ke shiga wasanni koyaushe galibi maza ne ke mamaye su, sau da yawa ana gaya mini cewa ba zan iya tsalle zuwa nesa ba ko kuma ba zan iya ɗagawa kamar takwarorina maza. Grid yana ba ni damar tabbatar da su ba daidai ba-tare da murmushi. "

Amma ƙa'idodin dama na Grid da tsarin horo mai ban tsoro bai sa masu ƙiyayya su yi shiru ba. "Kamar yadda na ga maganganun kamar 'maza sun fi mata karfi' abin ƙyama, ba na barin abin ya dame ni," in ji Williams. "Mutane suna da 'yancin samun ra'ayin kansu. A gare ni, yana ba da kwarin gwiwa don ci gaba da yin fice a wasanni." (Psst... Wannan Dan Golfer Mai Shekara 20 Yana Tabbatar da Golf Ba Wasan Guy Ne Kawai ba.)

Kuma ta yi fice bayan wasan zakarun na National Pro Grid League (NPGL) a ranar 20 ga Satumba, a hukumance aka sanya wa Williams suna NPGL Rookie na Shekara ta 2015. "Na yi matukar farin ciki da godiya da aka gane ni, musamman a tsakanin 'yan wasa marasa imani da yawa," in ji ta. "Na yi imani da gaske cewa yin aiki tuƙuru, da zama masu tawali'u, da sadaukar da kai ga yin wani abu ga ƙungiyar shi ne ya sa na samu wannan lambar yabo."

Ƙoƙarin da ta yi ya kuma sanya ta cikin matsayi don yin gwagwarmayar motsa jiki mai kyau wanda 'yan wasan kickass ke jagoranta kamar zakara na UFC Ronda Rousey, mai jifa da gudumawar Olympic Amanda Bingson, da ƙari (ku san mata masu ƙarfi da ke canza fuskar #GirlPower). "Ƙarfi ba kalma ba ce kawai don kwatanta maza," in ji Williams. "Kasancewa mai ƙarfi yana jin daɗin ƙarfafawa. Ina tsammanin yana da ban mamaki cewa mata kamar ni yanzu suna da damar samun damar yin aiki a matsayin 'yan wasa ba kawai mafarki game da shi ba."

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