Mai Sauki, Kalmar 5 Mantra Sloane Stephens Yana Rayuwa
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Sloane Stephens da gaske baya buƙatar gabatarwa a filin wasan tennis. Yayin da ta riga ta taka leda a wasannin Olimpics kuma ta zama zakara na US Open (tsakanin sauran abubuwan da ta cim ma), har yanzu ana rubuta tarihin rayuwarta.
Kwanan nan ta dakatar da shi: BLACKPRINT, Kungiyar Ma'aikata ta Baƙi na Kamfanin Meredith (wanda ke da mallaka Siffa), don baje kolin lafiyarta da dacewa don yin magana game da yadda take kiyaye tunanin gwarzonta, yadda take kasancewa ƴan tsirarun launin fata a duniyar wasan tennis, da kuma yadda take fatan zaburar da tsararraki masu zuwa.
Ba wani sirri bane cewa yawancin 'yan wasan pro suna da mantras masu zuwa waɗanda ke taimaka musu su ci gaba da motsa su da mai da hankali. Ƙa'idar da Stephens ke bi don ci gaba da kasancewa a kan wasanta? "Ba haka ba ne idan, yana da lokacin. "Ma'anar bayan mantra na rayuwarta shine ba tambaya bane idan za ku cimma abin da kuke aiki a kai, duk wani al'amari ne na lokaci.
"Wannan ya shafi abubuwa da yawa a rayuwa," in ji Stephens. "Ina jin kamar lokacin da kuke jiran wani abu ya faru, ba ku san ko zai faru ba. Idan kun damu, ba ku san lokacin da zai ƙare ba, ba ku sani ba lokacin da lokacin wahalanku zai ƙare: Ba idan ba, lokacin ne. Don haka wannan shine wanda na fi so." (Mai alaƙa: Yadda Sloane Stephens ya sake cajin Kotun Tennis)
Tabbas mantra dinta ya taimaka mata a tafiyar ta ta wasan tennis, musamman yayin da take jiran a samu daidaiton wakilci a wasan. "Ta girma, tana wasa wasan tennis a matsayin matashiyar Ba'amurke 'yar Afirka, babu [mutane] da yawa da' yan wasan da suka yi kama da ni," in ji ta. 'Yar wasan kwallon tennis ta ce ta je makarantun wasan tennis daban-daban tsakanin shekarun 10 zuwa 16, amma duk inda ta je, rashin bambancin ya kasance iri daya. Daga ƙarshe, godiya ga nasara da tauraruwar taurarin 'yan wasan Tennis kamar Venus Williams, Serena Williams, da Chanda Rubin, tana iya ganin kanta a wasan.
A yau, akwai ƙarin 'yan wasan Baƙar fata da ke buɗe hanya don 'yan wasa na gaba - ciki har da Stephens kanta. Tare da irin su Naomi Osaka da Coco Gauff suna ci gaba da karuwa, Stephens yana tunanin wasan yana kan hanya madaidaiciya don yara su ga kansu a filin wasan tennis. "Kamar yadda [muka] girma, ginawa, da aiki akan wasannin [namu], duk wani nau'in haɗuwa ne," in ji ta. "Ya bambanta ga yaran da ba su ƙanƙanta da kaina ba saboda akwai da yawa daga cikinmu, kuma dukkanmu mun bambanta, kuma dukkanmu muna da ma'anar wakilci." (Mai alaƙa: Yadda ake Ƙirƙirar Muhalli Mai Mahimmanci A Cikin Wurin Lafiya)
Yayin da 'yan wasan tennis na Black Black ke ci gaba da samun karin haske, Stephens kuma ta kasance tana neman wannan sauyi da kanta, wato ta hanyar sunan ta, Sloane Stephens Foundation, kungiyar agaji da ke hidima ga matasa marasa wakilci a Compton, California. Gidauniyar tana ƙoƙarin "haɓaka sabon ƙarni na 'yan wasan Tennis" ta hanyar ƙarfafa salon rayuwa mai kyau, abinci mai kyau, da shiga cikin ayyukan motsa jiki. Stephens ya yi bayanin cewa rukunin gidauniyar ta su ma suna aiki don canza shahararren labarin cewa wasan tennis na iya kasancewa ga mutanen da ke da kuɗi da yawa.
"Ina son ganin 'yan mata da yara ƙanana suna kamar, 'Ina buga wasan tennis saboda ku' ko kuma 'Na kalli ku a talabijin," in ji ta. "Da gaske kuna iya yin abubuwa da yawa idan kun yi wasan tennis, [ko ma] idan kuna sha'awar wasan tennis [kamar yin aiki a cibiyar sadarwar wasanni] ... Ba wa yaran damar yin amfani da wasan tennis a matsayin abin hawa yana da mahimmanci . "