Gravchina Dnipra-1: I want people to just enjoy women’s football - not through women’s bodies, but simply for the sake of it

16 November 2023, 18:41 | Football 
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The footballer gave an intimate comment on the drive of her development as an athlete.

Pivzashnitsya Dnieper Dnieper-1 Tetyana Levitska in her 26 years can enjoy a small number of experiences in a sports career, which in the end allowed her to become a major sport, change the number There are a number of clubs in Ukraine and overseas, play for the national team and develop coaching skills.

The football player took part in a long interview for Wonderzine Ukraine, from whom she spoke about the complexity of her life’s path.

" First of all, I tried a lot of things: rhythmic gymnastics, dancing, swimming, etc. - but I’m not even thinking about football.. My fathers gave me the right to choose, and they especially wanted to try themselves in sports, which was completely understandable, even as a coach..

And I lost money from football when I was 12 years old, and it became much worse. As if I was standing and kicking the ball, keeping an eye on my training, having been taught by another coach and asked that I don’t want to try myself in women’s football.

At first I was categorically convinced, but then I asked for something to do just in case I changed my mind. At that moment I was boasting that I had too much passion for football, and after thinking a little, I finally decided to come to the first training session.

My way at football started with no need for licorice. Mom was not in captivity: it was not right for her that I come all beaten up after training. Also, I sensed a lot of criticism from my side, a lot of people - especially the boys - laughing at me and my appearance. At that time, however, I was still ready to judge others, even though I firmly believed in being a football player..

Besides, I have little encouragement: we saw happiness in heaven when we found out about my duty to go to football. I am very grateful to you for the instructions, so I took number 2 from the team - he is the same, since he.

My first team was in the city of Mikolaiv and was called Torpedochka. With her I went on my first adventures, and throughout my career I was a captain.. At the same time, I also trained with the boys who were engaged in military training. This, of course, is no longer a professional sport, but soon after that Torpedo I got my first football proof.

Back in my youth, I went on one of the highways and there I suffered from an injury - I tore the ligaments on my ankle. Having said that, well, this is the end of my football career, and even after this, we won’t return to this sport. Now I realize that it’s not true, but I really believed it. In less than an hour, I took the first call from life to get ready for the collection. I didn’t have enough time to prepare again, I’m a little quick to get myself into shape.

For whom I have done a lot of work. Then everything worked out, and I finally turned to football. I guess this was the turning point in my career: I realized that I definitely want to be serious about becoming a professional football player..

Professional football began for me, since I spent until Zhytlobud-2 and started playing in Pershaya Liza. There, noting coach Evgeniy Viktorovich Pogorelov, who opened a very new door in the sport - I finally realized that it is possible to crumble further, that there is a completely different level of play, until varto praganti.

Everyday work of a professional team is a precious exercise. At Dnipro-1 we work out 1 – 2 times a day, with additional individual training in the gym. Being a football player in the Higher League means achieving higher goals, more emphasis and renewed concentration on football, to which you dedicate the entire hour.. In addition to, for example, the First League, there is constant training, analysis of games, selected teams and a minimum of free time.

I had a bad moment at 18 years old when I seriously thought that I would quit football. I went to Sweden to try my hand at a new team, but when I needed to go back to Ukraine and fill out the documents, everything was delayed.

I started to think and doubt: maybe it’s not mine, and I need to stop playing football? During that period, I myself began to try coaching and actually took a break from games.

Here, after a quick break, I called my coach and asked to turn to football. I thought about the proposition for about a month and it finally worked out. So I started to grow up - at that time the team was Yatran. I didn’t regret my choice for a second, and even informed me that football is my life and my lifestyle.

Be a trainer - my little dream of childhood. Back in first grade, when we wrote papers in the future about our own professions, I said that I would do this myself. As a result, nothing has changed: I will continue to be a top coach, the best in my right.

At 18 years old I began to try to train the boys at the primary sports school of Mykolayiv. Once a full-scale war began, I realized that it was necessary to change and collapse further.

So I tried training online - this option turned out to be ideal, because I can train football players and football players on the field. I am constantly pursuing offline and online activities, as well as self-development, the pursuit of others and a special career in football.

In the entire hour I've been playing, I've heard a few words from the nakshtalt: \? At the help desk, the way people play? \? Unfortunately, we don’t have the same capabilities and resources as humans.

Human football is a completely different source of finance, a different level of popularity, and, obviously, a different income for athletes. Although we want to develop steadily, we want the women’s soccer body to grow bigger, bit by bit, but we still can’t compare with the human segment.

This is a closed circle: sports have a lot of potential to make penny investments in other clubs, and then bring in profits. While people invest much more in human teams, their athletes spend more money, and they also make money on advertising, which can also contribute to popularity.. There are no such gains in the female sphere.

It’s really important to eliminate stereotypes about how a football player may look and behave. Throughout my career, I have heard the phrase many times: “You are a football player.”? I can't buti! Marvel at the way you look! People have their own statements about wives in football, which often do not indicate effectiveness at all..

For example, it is important that women are afraid of recovering from an injury and cannot play actively, but in practice I played, like the girls I played on the team, they rewound their heads after a hit and played away, apparently leaving from the fields.

For the rest of the years, human clubs began to form separate women's teams - which is why we began to fight more often with our colleagues. For example, the human club Dnipro-1 goes to our matches, we go to theirs, we know one thing, we take a video at the same time, we calmly sleep.

And that’s cool, because this combination helps make women’s football more popular. Before it was completely different: women’s football stood right next to itself, looking like a human.

I want people to just enjoy women's football - not through women's bodies, but simply for the sake of it. They babbled, so you can buti greedily.

Perhaps, we will not soon show the greatest passion and super-dynamic game, but we can guarantee that you will accurately perceive the emotions of the matches! I watched many times how people who never believed in women’s football came to our match and found out what was really cool about it, and then they became our fans and cheered for us.

Women’s sport needs to be popularized, highlighted more, talked about,” said the Ukrainian viconavit.

This season, Rakhunka Levitska has 13 new matches, two goals and one assist.

Источник: football.ua