Mawu Osavuta, 5-Mawu a Mantra Sloane Stephens Amakhala Ndi

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Sloane Stephens safunikiranso mawu oyambira pabwalo la tenisi. Ngakhale adasewera kale masewera a Olimpiki ndikukhala ngwazi ya U.S. Open (pakati pa zomwe adakwaniritsa), ntchito yake yodziwika bwino ikulembedwabe.

Posachedwa adayimitsidwa ndi: BLACKPRINT, Black Employee Resource Group ya Meredith Corporation (yomwe ili nayo Maonekedwe), chifukwa chokhala ndi thanzi labwino komanso olimba kuti alankhule za momwe amalimbikitsira malingaliro ake opambana, momwe zimakhalira kukhala anthu ochepa pamasewera a tennis, komanso momwe akuyembekezera kulimbikitsa m'badwo wotsatira.

Si chinsinsi kuti othamanga ambiri ali ndi ma mantras omwe amawathandiza kuti akhalebe ndi chidwi komanso chidwi. Mfundo yomwe Stephens amatsata kuti akhalebe pamwamba pamasewera ake? "Si ngati, ndi liti." Tanthauzo la mantra ya moyo wake ndikuti si funso la ngati mudzakwaniritsa zomwe mukugwira, zonse ndi nkhani yanthawi.

Stephens anati: “Zimenezi zikukhudza zinthu zambiri m’moyo. "Ndimangoona ngati mukuyembekezera kuti chinachake chichitike, simudziwa ngati zichitika. Ngati muli ndi nkhawa, simudziwa kuti zidzatha liti, simudziwa. nthawi yako yovuta ikatha: Sikuti, ndi liti. Ndiye amene ndimakonda kwambiri. " (Zokhudzana: Momwe Sloane Stephens Amabwezeretsanso Khothi La Tennis)

Mantra yake yamuthandizadi paulendo wake wa tennis, makamaka podikirira kuti pakhale oyimira mosasintha pamasewera. "Ndikukula, ndikusewera tennis ngati mtsikana waku Africa America, [panali] anthu ambiri ndi osewera omwe amaoneka ngati ine," adatero. Katswiri wa tennis adati adapita kusukulu zingapo zamasewera a tennis azaka zapakati pa 10 mpaka 16, koma zilibe kanthu komwe amapita, kusowa kwamitundu yosiyanasiyana kudakhala kofanana. Pamapeto pake, chifukwa cha kupambana kwakukwera komanso kutchuka kwa osewera tennis a Black monga Venus Williams, Serena Williams, ndi Chanda Rubin, adadziwona yekha mu masewerawo.

Masiku ano, pali osewera ambiri akuda omwe akutsegulira othamanga amtsogolo - kuphatikiza Stephens mwiniwake. Ndi omwe amakonda Naomi Osaka ndi Coco Gauff akukwera, Stephens akuganiza kuti masewerawa ali m'njira yoyenera kuti ana adziwonere okha pabwalo la tenisi. "Pamene [ife] takulira, kumanga, ndikugwira ntchito pamasewera [athu], zonse zimayendera limodzi," adatero. "Ndizosiyana kwa ana omwe ali aang'ono kuposa ine chifukwa pali ambiri a ife, ndipo ife tonse timawoneka mosiyana, ndipo tonsefe ndife oyimira." (Zogwirizana: Momwe Mungapangire Malo Ophatikizira mu Wellness Space)

Pamene osewera a tenisi akuda akupitilizabe kuwonekera, a Stephens amalimbikitsanso kusintha kumeneku, kudzera mwa mayina awo, a Sloane Stephens Foundation, bungwe lachifundo lomwe limatumizira achinyamata omwe akuimira ku Compton, California. Maziko akuyesetsa "kulimbikitsa mbadwo watsopano wa osewera tenisi" polimbikitsa anthu kukhala ndi moyo wathanzi, kudya zakudya zoyenera, komanso kuchita nawo masewera olimbitsa thupi. Stephens adalongosola kuti gulu la maziko ake likugwiranso ntchito kuti asinthe nkhani yodziwika bwino yoti tennis ikhoza kukhala ya anthu omwe ali ndi ndalama zambiri.

"Ndimakonda kuwona atsikana ndi ana ang'onoang'ono akukhala ngati, 'Ndimasewera tenisi chifukwa cha inu' kapena 'ndinakuwonerani pa TV,'" adatero. "Mutha kuchita zinthu zambiri ngati mutasewera tenisi, [kapena ngakhale] ngati mumangokonda tenisi [monga kugwira ntchito pamalo ochezera a masewera] ... Kupatsa anawo mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito tenisi ngati galimoto ndikofunikira kwambiri . "

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