With two objectives, she was the undisputed matchwinner within the topper in opposition to Amsterdam (2-0). And in the meantime, the striker already stands at fifteen objectives 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 one of the best finisher within the Ladies’s massive league. Particularly once you check out the highest scorer listing. Of all her hits, Dicke made eleven discipline objectives. Greater than, for instance, internationals Frédérique Matla (2), Fay van der Elst (8) and Freeke Moes (5).
Which of the 2 objectives in opposition to Amsterdam greatest describes her model of play? That’s exhausting 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 discipline 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 cheerful Jip Dicke, proper after her aim. Photograph: Willem Vernes
She used to hit her teammates
‘I’ve been coaching a lot recently on hitting from the spin,’ Dicke says. ‘I wasn’t good at that in any respect. Missed them extra usually than hit them. And after 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 at present,” not less than 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 in opposition to Amsterdam. Now you win in opposition to Amsterdam and play even in opposition to 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 appropriate 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 toes. Being decisive in prime video games was nonetheless on her listing. However that may be ticked off the listing after Sunday.
Jip Dicke and Maud van den Heuvel, the 2 trainee gamers of the Orange. Photograph: Willem Vernes
‘Usually toppers are selected particulars. The primary factor is to get returns,’ Dicke defined. ‘We managed that final week in opposition to Den Bosch with a penalty nook or six and in opposition to Amsterdam we bought fourteen. That’s simply going very nicely,’ she says. ‘Amsterdam is a pleasant group to play in opposition to anyway. I already thought so after I performed for HDM. They wish to assault, so then you already know you get house in entrance.’
Reviewing her objectives at dwelling
‘Should you had advised me beforehand that I’d make two at present, I’d have signed for it straight away,’ she describes her pleasure. She is trustworthy concerning the significance of her objectives. 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 after all I’m engaged on it. I’ll watch them again after I get dwelling 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 objectives. I understand how many occasions I’ve scored. I’m a striker, so after all I’m engaged on it. I’ll watch them again after I get dwelling 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 folks, as a result of the remainder are with the Dutch or the youth group. That’s an enormous distinction.
Photograph: Willem Vernes
The nationwide coach was additionally an attentive spectator in Bilthoven on Sunday afternoon. So he was in a position to witness his trainee pupil ‘s efficiency stay. 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 incredible. I anticipate us to simply win from the Irish, so be within the quarterfinals in opposition to Den Bosch. I feel we’re equal. We drew final week. That was a superb indicator.’
Dicke got here to SCHC to play for prizes. ‘I wish to win all the pieces. 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 reduction. I wanted SCHC this after I was nonetheless at HDM. They actually deserve it.
