I loko o ka New Sport Grid, ua noho aliʻi ʻo Monique Williams

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He ikaika ʻo Monique Williams e helu pū ʻia me ka-ʻaʻole wale no ka mea ʻo 5 -3 '', ʻo Floridian he 24 mau makahiki he 24 mau makahiki he mea haʻuki i kāna pono ponoʻī, akā no ka mea ʻo ia ke kau hoʻokahi i kahi haʻuki hou i ka palapala ʻāina.

Akā ma mua o kou ʻike ʻana iā Williams, pono ʻoe e ʻike iā Grid. ʻO ka National Pro Grid League-nona nā kime ʻewalu ma loko o ka ʻāina i hoʻomaka i ka wā inaugeral i ka 2014, a wehewehe iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he "heihei kime hoʻokūkū kime." Unuhi: i ka wā o ke kime, ʻelua mau kime i hui pū me ʻehiku mau kāne a me ʻehiku mau lāhui e heihei poʻo i ke poʻo no ʻelua mau hola, e hoʻopau ana i nā heihei he ʻehā a ʻewalu mau minuke e hoʻāʻo i nā mea āpau mai ka wikiwiki a me ka hoʻolālā i ka mākau a me ka hoʻomanawanui ma o nā ʻano like ʻole. nā mea hoʻoikaika kino a me ke kaumaha. ʻOiaʻiʻo leʻaleʻa: hoʻokahi kāne a hoʻokahi wahine ma kēlā me kēia hui e ʻoi aku i ka makahiki 40. E noʻonoʻo e like me CrossFit ma ka māwae (kahi mea kūpono, ʻoiai ʻo ka mea hoʻokumu ʻo Tony Budding kahi limahana ma CrossFit Inc.). (E hui me nā ʻAlepa Makaʻu ʻole loa o nā pāʻani CrossFit 2015.)

Aia ʻo Williams ma Grid mai ka hoʻomaka. ʻO ka mea haʻuki i ka hapa nui o kona ola, hoʻoikaika mau ʻo Williams i nā haʻuki i hoʻomalu ʻia e nā kāne e like me ka kinipōpō hīnaʻi, ka pīpeku hae, a me ke ala a me ke kahua. ʻO kāna aloha i ka hope i hoʻoikaika i kāna ʻoihana haʻuki i ka pae aʻe-ua loaʻa iā ia kahi haumana mele a me ke kahua kula i ke Kulanui o South Florida, kahi i lilo ʻo ia i mea hoʻokūkū ʻo Big East ʻelua manawa i ka lele lōʻihi a me ka lele ʻekolu. .

Ma hope o ke koleke, ua ʻimi ʻo Williams i kahua hoʻokūkū hou. "Ua hana au i CrossFit, a no ka pahu kaʻu kāne male ma West Palm Beach," wahi a Williams. "Ua lohe au e pili ana iā Grid ma o ka pāʻoihana kaiapili, akā ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manaʻo no ka haʻuki i ʻAukake 2014 i kona hoʻi ʻana mai i ka home me nā tiketi no ka pāʻani Miami me New York i mālama ʻia ma Coral Gables. He aha ka mea e hana nei i loko o ka pāʻani, akā ua maopopo iaʻu ua hauʻoli nā mea a pau e hoʻokūkū nei.

Hoʻoulu ʻia e kēlā pāʻani, ua hui pū ʻo Williams i ka Orlando Outlaws, kahi hui liona liʻiliʻi ma ka Southern Amateur Grid League (SAGL). Ma hope o ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻāʻo kūikawā Grid, kahi e ana ai i ka wikiwiki, ka mana, ka ikaika a me nā neʻe ʻana o ke kino, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia ua mākaukau no ka pae aʻe. "Ua hele au i ka lā pro ma Miami, ʻo ia ka hana mua i ka hōʻike ʻana i koʻu mau mākau no ka hoʻokūkū ʻoihana." "Ma hope iho, ua kono ʻia wau i ka hui Maryland, kahi manawa kūpono no nā kime ʻoihana o ka hui e nānā a loiloi i kaʻu mau mākau e ʻike inā he hoʻohui maikaʻi wau."

He mea hoʻouluhua ia no Williams. "ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka nui o nā mea pāʻani ma waho e hoʻoholo nei e hōʻoia i ko lākou komo ʻana i kahi hui he mea hoʻoikaika nui a hāʻawi ka lewa iaʻu i ka ikaika nui," wahi āna. ʻOiai ʻo Williams e hōʻike ana i kāna mau ʻano haʻuki ʻokoʻa, ʻaʻohe nīnau i pili ʻo ia i kahi kime pro-ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i ka hapaʻumi holoʻokoʻa i ke kiʻina, a koho ʻia e hui pū me ka LA Reign. (E noʻonoʻo paha pehea e loaʻa ai ke kālā i ka poʻe haʻuki wahine uku kiʻekiʻe?)

ʻO ka hele pro i māka i kahi hoʻohuli hoihoi a piviotal i ka ʻoihana haʻuki ʻo Williams, akā ʻo ka neʻe ʻana mai Florida a Kaleponi ʻaʻole ia me kāna mau mōhai. "ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale manawa a me ka haʻalele ʻana mai kaʻu ipo aku ʻo ia nā pilikia nui loa," wahi a Williams. "A ke pāʻani nei i kēia pae kiʻekiʻe o ka hoʻokūkū he hailona ʻoi aku ka ʻauhau ma mua o kaʻu i ʻike ai."

ʻO Williams, me nā wahine a me nā kāne ʻē aʻe o ka kime (he poʻe haʻuki uku lākou āpau), hoʻolilo i nā hola i pulu nui i ka hou ma nā kahua hoʻomoana hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me nā hana. "Hoʻomaʻamaʻa nui mākou i ka Pōʻakahi-Pāʻalima, pinepine mai ka hola 8 a.m. a i ka 4 pm, me ka hapa o nā lā i ka Pōʻaono ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻana o kā mākou pāʻani a ʻaʻole paha," wahi a Williams. ʻO ka papa hana hoʻomaʻamaʻa pololei aia i ke poʻo kumu ʻo Max Mormont. ʻAʻole malihini ʻo Mormont i nā haʻuki kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka mea haʻuki ola holoʻokoʻa i ʻoi aku i ka pono i ka hāpai hāpai hāpai ʻana no ka hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū 2008 a me 2012 ma ka haʻuki-Mormont i komo i ka makahiki 2015 ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o ke aʻo a me ka hoʻolālā no ka noho aliʻi a ma hope koke iho ua lilo i poʻo poʻo o ka hui.

ʻOiai koho ʻo Mormont ultimtely i ka mea nāna e hana i nā mākau ma ke ʻano o ka pāʻani, pono mākaukau kēlā me kēia kanaka e hana i nā mea e pono ai no ka kime, keu hoʻi inā ʻaʻole holo pono nā mea e hoʻolālā. "E pono i kēlā me kēia hoa kime e hoʻoikaika e hoʻokō pono i kēlā me kēia heihei me ka wikiwiki ʻole, ʻoiai ke kime lanakila i kēlā me kēia heihei i hāʻawi ʻia i 2 mau helu, koe wale nō ka heihei 11, ʻo ia nā helu 3," kaʻana like ʻo Williams. "Inā ʻaʻole mākou e lanakila i ka heihei, pono mākou e hoʻopau ma mua o ka pau ʻana o ka manawa no ka loaʻa ʻana o hoʻokahi helu, ʻoiai ʻo kēlā me kēia helu i loaʻa ma ka Grid e hele i kā mākou pahuhopu hope loa e lanakila i ka pāʻani."

ʻOiai he 23 ka nui o nā mea pāʻani ma ka hui, ʻehiku wale nō kāne a ʻehiku wahine ma ke kahua-a i ʻole grid-i ka manawa (ua ʻae ʻia nā hui e hoʻololi i nā mea pāʻani palena ʻole no ka hapa nui o nā heihei). Ua loaʻa iā Williams ka manawa kūpono e hōʻike nui i kona mau akamai, e hoʻokūkū ana i kēlā me kēia pāʻani i loaʻa i ka hui. "ʻO ka pāʻani ʻana i kahi pāʻani e lawe mai i ka hauʻoli a me ka hopohopo," wahi a Williams. "Ma mua o kahi pāʻani, hoʻomanaʻo mau ʻo Coach Max iaʻu e minoʻaka, no ka mea ma ka hopena o ka lā aia mākou i laila e loaʻa ai kahi manawa maikaʻi a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i kekahi i kekahi."

ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona kime ka mea i hoʻokumu mua iā Williams i ka haʻuki, a he mea ia e makemake ai e pili ana iā Grid a hiki i kēia lā. "Kupaianaha loa ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻōlapa e hōʻike i ko lākou mākau me ka liko ʻole o ke kāne," wahi a Williams. "Ma keʻano he kanaka i komo mau i nā haʻuki i hoʻomalu ʻia e nā kāne, ua haʻi pinepine ʻia wau ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke lele i kahi mamao a ʻaʻole hiki ke hāpai nui e like me koʻu mau hoa kāne. minoʻaka."

Akā ʻo kā Grid mau kaulike kūpono kūpono a me nā regimen hoʻomaʻamaʻa hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻaʻole i hoʻomaha i ka poʻe inaina. "E like me kaʻu ʻike ʻana i nā ʻōlelo e like me 'ʻoi aku ka ikaika o nā kāne ma mua o nā wahine, ʻaʻole wau e ʻae ia e hoʻopilikia iaʻu," wahi a Williams. "He kuleana ko ka poʻe i ko lākou manaʻo iho. Noʻu, hāʻawi ia i ka hoʻoikaika e hoʻomau i ka holomua i ka haʻuki." (Psst ... Ke hōʻike nei kēia Golfer 20 makahiki he kolepa ʻaʻole wale ia he pāʻani a kahi kāne.)

A poʻokela ʻo ia i hana-ma hope o ka hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū National Pro Grid League (NPGL) ma Kepakemapa 20, ua koho inoa ʻia ʻo Williams i 2015 NPGL Rookie o ka Makahiki. "ʻOliʻoli nui wau a mahalo i ka ʻike ʻia ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea haʻuki hiki ʻole ke hilinaʻi ʻia," wahi āna. "Manaʻo maoli wau i ka hana nui ʻana, me ka haʻahaʻa, a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i kekahi mea no ka hui ka mea i hoʻokau iaʻu i ke kūlana e loaʻa ai kēia makana."

ʻO kāna hana koʻikoʻi ua hoʻokomo iā ia i kahi kūlana e hoʻokūkū i ka neʻe maikaʻi o ke kino e alakaʻi ʻia ana e nā poʻe haʻuki kickass e like me ka poʻokela UFC ʻo Ronda Rousey, ka mea hoʻolei hāmare ʻOlumepika ʻo Amanda Bingson, a me nā mea hou aku (e ʻike i ka Strong Women Changing the Face of #GirlPower). "ʻAʻole ikaika ka huaʻōlelo e wehewehe i nā kāne," wahi a Williams. "Ke ikaika nei i ka mana. Manaʻo wau he mea kupaianaha loa ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manawa kūpono i nā wahine e like me aʻu e loaʻa ka ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he ʻaʻaleʻa a ʻaʻole moeʻuhane wale no ia."

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