Dalilin Da Ya Sa Matan Amurkawa Suke Yin Rugby

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Emma Powell ta yi farin ciki da farin ciki lokacin da cocinta kwanan nan ya nemi ta zama mai tsara shirye-shiryen ayyukansu na Lahadi-har sai ta tuna cewa ba za ta iya yin hakan ba. "Dole ne in ce a'a saboda na sami karye yatsa a yanzu," in ji ta. "Lokacin da ministan ya tambaye ni yadda abin ya faru kuma na ce masa 'wasa rugby,' ya ce, 'A'a, gaske, yaya kuka karya shi? '"

Zuwa coci, makarantar gida, mahaifiyar 'ya'ya shida daga Kyle, Texas, ta sami wannan amsa sosai lokacin da ta ba da labarin cewa sha'awar rayuwarta ita ce rugby, cikakken wasanni da aka fi sani da kasancewa ɗan uwan ​​​​mai tashin hankali na ƙwallon ƙafa na Amurka.

A gaskiya, wannan ba gaskiya ba ne. "Mutane suna tunanin rugby yana da haɗari saboda kuna wasa ba tare da pads ba, amma yana da kyakkyawan wasa mai aminci," in ji Powell. "Tsagewar yatsa mai ruwan hoda shine mafi munin abin da ya faru da ni, kuma na dade ina buga wannan wasan." Ta bayyana cewa kokawa a wasan rugby wani abu ne daban daban fiye da magance wasan kwallon kafa na Amurka. Domin 'yan wasa ba sa sa kayan kariya akwai babban fifiko kan koyan magancewa cikin aminci (kamar yadda a cikin, ba tare da kan ku ba), dabarun koyarwa waɗanda za a iya amfani da su maimakon magancewa, da bin ƙa'idodin aminci na abin da aka yarda a filin da abin da ba. (Don yin adalci, amincin rugby shine batun muhawara mai zafi tare da babban binciken New Zealand yana gano cewa rugby yana da ninki huɗu na "raunin da ya faru" a matsayin ƙwallon ƙafa na Amurka.)

Rugby ita ce wasan ƙwallon ƙafa mafi sauri a cikin Amurka tare da kulab ɗin yanzu ana samun su a kowane babban birni a cikin ƙasar da kuma cikin ɗaruruwan ƙananan garuruwa. Shahararrinta ta kasance cemented lokacin da aka ƙara rugby bakwai a matsayin wasannin Olympic na hukuma a lokacin wasannin bazara na 2016 a Rio. Roƙon ya bayyana sarai da zarar kun kalli wasan-rugby yana da dabarun ƙwallon ƙafa, saurin wasan hockey, da kuma wasan ƙwallon ƙafa-kuma yana jan hankalin wasu fitattun 'yan wasa daga waɗancan wasannin.

Powell kanta ta fara ne a matsayin ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta makarantar sakandare. "Na yi matukar damuwa da hakan," in ji ta. "Koyaushe ana azabtar da ni saboda duba jikina, saboda wasa mai tsauri." Don haka lokacin da malamin kimiyyar ta ya ba da shawarar ta yi wasa a ƙungiyar rugby ta yaron da ya horar, da gaske tana son ra'ayin.

Hakan ya taimaka cewa babbar yayanta Jessica ita ma ta buga wa ’yan wasan rugby na yaron wasa a ’yan shekarun baya kuma ta yi suna a fagen wasanni. (Jessica za ta ci gaba da nemo ƙungiyar rugby ta mata a Jami'ar Brigham Young a 1996.) Ko da yake Powell ya kasance ƙarami kuma bai da ƙarfi fiye da babbar 'yar uwarta, amma ta yanke shawarar bin sawun ta kuma ta gano cewa ita ma tana son ƙazamar tashin hankali. wasanni. A shekara mai zuwa sai ta sami matsayi a cikin ƙungiyar rugby ta makarantar sakandare ta farko a Amurka.

Abubuwa sun yi mata wahala bayan makarantar sakandare, duk da haka, yayin da take ƙoƙarin neman ƙungiyar manyan da za ta yi wasa a ciki. Ƙungiyoyin rugby na mata sun yi karanci, suna buƙatar tafiya mai yawa don yin wasanni, kuma dole ne ta bar shi kusan shekaru ashirin. A bara, bayan ta cika shekara 40, ta ɗauki yaranta don kallon wasan rugby na jihar Texas kuma an '' ɗauke ta '' don yin wasa akan The Sirens, ƙungiyar mata ta gida. "Ya ji kamar kaddara," in ji ta, "kuma yana da kyau a sake yin wasa."

Me take so game da shi? Powell koyaushe yana ƙasa don kowane dama don "samun jiki," yana cewa ƙananan ɓarna da ɓarna suna sa ta ji "mai ƙarfi da rai." Ta yaba da rugby tare da taimaka mata samun siffar bayan ta yi asarar kilo 40 a shekarar da ta wuce ta hanyar inganta lafiyarta da lafiyarta gaba daya. Bugu da ƙari ta kasance mai son dabarun, tarihi, da kuma wasan kwaikwayon da ya ƙunsa. (Rugby ta kasance tun daga 1823.) Amma galibi tana cewa tana son ruhin ƙawance a cikin wasanni.

"Akwai al'adar yin wasa, amma kuna barin duk ƙarfin a filin," in ji ta. "Kungiyoyin biyu suna fita tare bayan haka, tare da tawagar gida sau da yawa suna karbar bakuncin barbecue ko fikinik ga dukkan 'yan wasa da iyalai. Kowa yana taya sauran murna kuma ya sake sabunta dukkan wasannin da suka fi kyau a bangarorin biyu. Wane wasa kuke ganin hakan yana faruwa? jama'ar abokai nan take."

Har ila yau, ta gano cewa wasan yana ba da iko na musamman ga mata. Ta ce "Rugby ta mata kyakkyawa ce ta mata ta zamani; kai ne ke kula da jikinka da ikon ka," in ji ta. "Saboda babu tunanin kulob na yaro akwai ƙarancin cin zarafin jima'i fiye da sauran wasannin maza na al'ada."

Hakan ya taimaka wajen bayyana dalilin da ya sa yawan mata masu buga wasan Rugby ya karu da kashi 30 cikin 100 a cikin shekaru hudu da suka gabata, idan aka kwatanta da kwallon kafa, wanda aka samu raguwar yawan shiga cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata.

Amma idan kun tambayi Powell, roko ya ɗan fi son soyayya. "Wasan ba ya tsayawa don magancewa," in ji ta. "Yana gudana ne kawai, kamar muguwar rawa."

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