Paralympic Track Athlete Scout Bassett A kan mahimmancin farfadowa - ga 'yan wasa na dukkan zamanai

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Scout Bassett zai iya sauƙaƙe "mafi kusantar zama MVP na duk MVPs" mafi girma girma. Ta buga wasanni a kowace kakar, shekara bayan shekara, kuma ta ba da kwando, ƙwallon ƙafa, golf, da wasan tennis gwajin gwaji kafin ta fara fafatawa a wasannin guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle. A lokacin, wasanni wuri ne mai aminci - wurin da Bassett za ta iya tserewa daga duk wata matsala ta sirri da ta ke fama da ita - da kuma hanyar bayyana kanta, in ji ta. Siffa.

Bassett ya ce "Ina tsammanin da ban kasance cikin wasanni a kowane yanayi na kowace shekara ba, ban san inda zan kasance dangane da rayuwata ba, a matsayina na mutum," in ji Bassett. shiga cikin matsala ko yin zaɓin da bai dace ba, amma tabbas hakan bai fita daga cikin yanayin yiwuwar ba. Kuma don haka abin ya kasance mai girma a gare ni [in ci gaba da] mai da hankali kan hanya, mai motsawa, [da] kafa maƙasudai. "

A bayyane yake, sadaukarwar da dan wasan mai shekaru 33 ya yi ga wasannin guje-guje, musamman wasan tsere, ya biya. Bassett, wacce ta rasa kafarta ta dama a cikin gobara tun tana jaririya, ta shiga kungiyar Paralympics ta Amurka a karon farko a cikin 2016 kuma ta fafata a wasanni biyu a wasannin bazara a Rio de Janeiro. Bayan shekara guda, ta ci lambobin tagulla biyu, daya a tseren mita 100, dayan kuma a tseren tsalle, a gasar cin kofin duniya ta uku. Ko da yake Bassett ba ta cancanci shiga gasar wasannin nakasassu ta Tokyo 2020 ba, za ta yi ta taya 'yan wasanta murna a matsayin wakilin NBC a duk gasar.

Kuma ba ta tsaya a can ba. Bassett ya kasance mai ba da shawara ga matasa mata don ci gaba da shiga cikin wasanni. A haƙiƙa, 'yan mata sun daina yin wasannin motsa jiki a ninka sau biyu a matsayin maza a shekaru 14, a cewar Gidauniyar Wasannin Mata. Kuma wannan sha’awar wasannin motsa jiki shine dalilin da yasa tayi haɗin gwiwa da Koyaushe. A halin yanzu, Koyaushe yana aiki tare da YMCA don ƙirƙirar shirye -shiryen ƙasa baki ɗaya waɗanda ke taimakawa dawo da 'yan mata cikin wasan a matsayin wani ɓangare na kamfen #KeepHerPlaying. "Na san cewa wasanni sun kasance da canji sosai a rayuwata, yana taimaka mini ba wai kawai yin la'akari da kalubale da gwagwarmaya da yawa ba amma har ma da haɓaka mahimman basirar rayuwa waɗanda ba su da wani abu da ainihin filin wasa ko horo na jiki," in ji ta. in ji.

Zuwa ga Bassett, matsin lamba na al'umma don samun "tunani mai ƙyalli" shine babban mai ba da gudummawa ga matsalar. "Hakika za ku iya shagaltar da ku da hakan, kuna tunanin cewa dole ne ku ci gaba da wuce gona da iri, sannan kawai ku isa wannan zafin," in ji ta. "... Lokacin da kuke yin wasanni, ko matakin nishaɗi ne ko babban matsayi, ƙonawa ya yi yawa. Kuma ina tsammanin wannan yana cikin dalilin da yasa 'yan mata ke gwagwarmayar ci gaba da kasancewa a cikin wasanni tun suna ƙanana-yana iya zama mai cinyewa, kuma babu isasshen lokacin murmurewa ko lokacin nesa da shi don sake kunna kanku da gaske. ”

Bassett ba shi da kariya daga ƙonawa, ko dai. A cikin lokacin horo na bazara, za ta yi aiki na tsawon awanni biyar zuwa shida a rana, kwana biyar ko shida a mako, yin haƙuri da dabarun motsa jiki a kan hanya, motsa jiki mai ƙarfi a cikin dakin motsa jiki, da sauran kashe-kashe, ƙasa- tasirin motsa jiki, kamar "gudu" laps a cikin tafki yayin sanye da bel. FTR, Bassett ta ce tana jin daɗin "kalubalen" na tsarin motsa jiki da kuma cewa "abu ne sabon abu kuma mai ban sha'awa kowace rana." Amma a cikin shekarar da ta gabata, Bassett ta ce tana "yin tazara a wasu hanyoyi" yayin da take shirin yin gasa a wasannin Tokyo, wanda aka jinkirta shekara guda sakamakon barkewar COVID-19. Bassett ya ce "Babu littafin wasa, kamar yadda ake magana, game da yadda kuke horar da shekara ta biyar." "Ina tsammanin da gaske muna son tabbatar da cewa muna aiki tukuru kamar kowa, idan ba ƙari ba, don kada mu ɓata lokaci, kada mu ɓata ƙarin shekara." (Mai alaka: Mai wasan ninkaya Simone Manuel Ta Bayyana Gwagwarmayarta da Ciwon Matsala Kwanaki kadan Kafin Ta Samu Gasar Gasar Olympics)

Kodayake tana fatan ta ɗan ɗan huta lokacin da take shirye -shiryen wasannin Tokyo, Bassett gaba ɗaya yana yin ƙoƙarin fifita fifikon murmurewa - kuma ba kawai hanyoyin da ke taimaka mata a zahiri ba, kamar ƙyallen tsokar ta da ganin likitan kwantar da hankali. "Ina ganin yana da mahimmanci a yi wani abu daban da ainihin wasan ku," in ji ta. "[A] kwanakin farfadowa na, babu ainihin gudu a ciki." Madadin haka, Bassett ta ce tana gudana ta cikin azuzuwan yoga, ta ziyarci bakin teku, kuma tana tafiya da yawo don sake saita kanta.

"Ba na tsammanin za a iya damuwa sosai yadda yake da mahimmanci ga 'yan wasa na kowane mataki da shekaru su dauki waɗannan kwanakin farfadowa har ma da sassan shekara inda za ku dauki lokaci kadan daga yin wasanni, kawai. dan kadan, don sake yi," in ji ta. "... Zaku iya yin fice a wani babban matsayi kuma ku ɗauki hutun kwana ɗaya don murmurewa, ko ta tunani ko ta jiki. Babu abin kunya a cikin hakan, kuma hakan ba yana nufin cewa ba ku aiki tuƙuru ko ba ku da himma. ko sadaukar da kai ga wasanni. "

Mafi mahimmanci, zakara na duniya yana son jaddada cewa bai kamata matasa 'yan wasa su ɗaga farar tutar kai tsaye ba yayin da al'amarin ke da wuya. "Daya daga cikin abubuwan da na fi alfahari da su shine aiki tare da 'yan mata da yawa, musamman' yan mata masu nakasa, [kuma] suna so su zama abin misali a gare su cewa kawai saboda abubuwa ba su tafi yadda kuke so ba ko kuka gaza. Ba dalilin barin ba. A zahiri, waɗannan lokuta ne da dalilan da za ku ci gaba da kasancewa cikin wasanni, don jajircewa kan sana'ar ku, "in ji Bassett.

"Abu ne mai sauki a bari, kuma zai yi sauki a wannan matsayi, amma ana iya samun da yawa," in ji ta dangane da rashin cancantar shiga gasar nakasassu ta bana. "Na yi imani da gaske mafi kyawun lada na rayuwa yana zuwa daga ɗayan gwagwarmaya."

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