Annelie de Korte back at DVO: “I think Ahoy is really what will stay with me the most”

In the first match of the Korfbal League, DVO immediately faced DOS '46, with Eline van Veldhuisen opposite her. DVO lost at home 27‑28 on 6 November (the report).

It was “great of course to just be back between the lines”, says De Korte. “And that you can also just help your team again.”

The match against Eline was a challenge, but also nice for seeing where she herself stands. She also found it a bit nerve-racking, but looking back she is quite satisfied.

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A high level was not new to her, although it was a bit of a difference from the European Championship. “And of course with TeamNL you've also really played a lot of minutes against good women.”

The hardest moment

The hardest moment of her recovery was Ahoy. By then she was already far along in her rehabilitation and was training with the team. “Well, if I had to look back now, I actually think Ahoy”, she says. “In my mind I thought, I could actually be out there and take part. But yeah, that wasn't allowed of course.”

There were more difficult moments. She wondered whether she would be able to walk at her wedding, the summer holiday had to be different and her schooling was delayed, because she also has to do sport there. “Yeah and so actually you quite often have things where you think, oh, that awful knee.”

Pre-match rituals

She doesn't do much differently after her injury, she says, although she pays just a bit more attention to a good warm-up and wants a good night's sleep. “I think I'm more aware of it.” And: “So I really just want to have my rituals before the match.”

Last season DVO won the title, with De Korte in the squad. But “I was absolutely not between the lines”, she says. That is why her goal is clear: “What I want to achieve with DVO this season is of course winning Ahoy.”

DVO plays at Dalto on Saturday 14 November at 18:30.