LDODK aims for two titles, but will be without Visser and Van Veen for a long time
"We want to become champion twice", says coach Jan Niebeek on the LDODK website. The squad set down that ambition during a team-building weekend in Sneek, the weekend before the start of the Ereklasse. Marije Visser and Esmee van Veen are recovering from serious knee injuries; Niebeek does not expect them to be match fit before January.
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Niebeek is convinced that the squad has the quality to achieve those goals, but says the final step is not easy. The previous outdoor season ended for LDODK with a lost final. In Sneek the group also set down the areas in which it still needs to develop to take that final step. According to Niebeek, the short outdoor competition in the autumn offers enough room to work on that. As an example he mentions how the team deals with setbacks, when a match goes differently than expected or agreed.
About Visser and Van Veen, Niebeek says their recovery is on schedule, but that there is still a long way to go. The internationals will not play every match because of the TeamNL programme; the youth will get chances. Niebeek also sees the first part of the outdoor competition as the moment when players can show themselves.
LDODK are in a pool with Heerenveen, WKS and Mid-Fryslân. The first match in the Ereklasse is on Saturday 5 September at 15:30 away at Heerenveen.