With two targets, she was the undisputed matchwinner within the topper towards Amsterdam (2-0). And in the meantime, the striker already stands at fifteen targets this season for SCHC. It goes quick with the event of Jip Dicke. ‘I actually do know what number of I’ve scored.’
Objectives and Jip Dicke are inextricably linked this season. Dicke is a whole striker, whereas she used to not wish to play at that place in any respect. In the meantime, she could also be the perfect finisher within the Girls’s huge league. Particularly whenever you check out the highest scorer record. Of all her hits, Dicke made eleven subject targets. Greater than, for instance, internationals Frédérique Matla (2), Fay van der Elst (8) and Freeke Moes (5).
Which of the 2 targets towards Amsterdam finest describes her fashion of play? That’s arduous to say. Her first aim was a shot from the spin. A dry hit from the sting of the circle. One thing Dicke does usually, however which you don’t see fairly often in girls’s subject hockey. The second aim was one from shut vary. She tapped the ball into the ropes from the air, close to the penalty spot. The spot the place she strikes most frequently this season.
A contented Jip Dicke, proper after her aim. Picture: Willem Vernes
She used to hit her teammates
‘I’ve been coaching a lot these days on hitting from the spin,’ Dicke says. ‘I wasn’t good at that in any respect. Missed them extra usually than hit them. And once I did hit, I may additionally hit a teammate out of flip,” she says with a smile. Dicke beams and enjoys the victory. By then she has mentioned the phrase, “We have been actually fokking good in the present day,” at the very least 4 occasions.
She praises her fellow attackers. Her coach and the remainder of her group. As a result of based on her, issues are going ‘actually tremendous good‘ in Bilthoven. ‘Earlier than the winter you lose to Den Bosch and play even towards Amsterdam. Now you win towards Amsterdam and play even towards Den Bosch. We’re actually making strides,’ she says.
Similar to Dicke herself. When she switched from HDM to SCHC final season, she needed to get used to it. It was looking for the precise gear. However when she discovered it, she stepped on the fuel pedal. That didn’t escape nationwide coach Raoul Ehren, who rewarded her efficiency with a spot on the nationwide group. There too she needed to get going, however is now discovering her ft. Being decisive in high video games was nonetheless on her record. However that may be ticked off the record after Sunday.
Jip Dicke and Maud van den Heuvel, the 2 trainee gamers of the Orange. Picture: Willem Vernes
‘Usually toppers are selected particulars. The principle factor is to get returns,’ Dicke defined. ‘We managed that final week towards Den Bosch with a penalty nook or six and towards Amsterdam we obtained fourteen. That’s simply going very nicely,’ she says. ‘Amsterdam is a pleasant group to play towards anyway. I already thought so once I performed for HDM. They wish to assault, so then you get area in entrance.’
Reviewing her targets at residence
‘If you happen to had instructed me beforehand that I’d make two in the present day, I’d have signed for it straight away,’ she describes her pleasure. She is trustworthy concerning the significance of her targets. She wants them to get higher. ‘It offers me confidence. I actually do know what number of occasions I’ve scored. I’m a striker, so in fact I’m engaged on it. I’ll watch them again once I get residence later. I feel somebody has already forwarded them to me.’ Then she laughs. ‘I hadn’t scored in two video games, so it was about time once more.’
I get confidence from scoring targets. I understand how many occasions I’ve scored. I’m a striker, so in fact I’m engaged on it. I’ll watch them again once I get residence later. Jip Dicke
Her internship weeks with the Orange at the moment are over. The 4 weeks of touring are over and the query is whether or not she is going to stay a part of the Dutch group. ‘I’d actually remorse it when it’s over,’ she says. ‘I be taught a lot from it. I began taking part in a lot quicker myself due to it. If I’m not allowed to remain, I’ll practice at SCHC once more on Tuesdays. A coaching session with 5 individuals, as a result of the remaining are with the Dutch or the youth group. That’s an enormous distinction.
Picture: Willem Vernes
The nationwide coach was additionally an attentive spectator in Bilthoven on Sunday afternoon. So he was capable of witness his trainee pupil ‘s efficiency dwell. However Dicke doesn’t wish to deal an excessive amount of with that stress. She prefers to consider the EHL, the playoffs and the nationwide title, which she believes will come this season. It will then be the primary time SCHC, after many misplaced finals, wins the bowl.
Dicke needs to seize two prizes
‘The EHL goes to be improbable. I anticipate us to simply win from the Irish, so be within the quarterfinals towards Den Bosch. I feel we’re equal. We drew final week. That was an excellent indicator.’
Dicke got here to SCHC to play for prizes. ‘I wish to win the whole lot. However most of all of the nationwide title. SCHC has been within the finals of the playoffs for 3 years in a row. They’ve been so shut for years. That prize would actually be a aid. I needed SCHC this once I was nonetheless at HDM. They actually deserve it.
