{"id":385,"date":"2014-06-18T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dutchnationalteam.nl\/mdnt\/?p=385"},"modified":"2016-04-13T21:30:57","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T20:30:57","slug":"introducing-jorik-van-baal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutchnationalteam.nl\/mdnt\/introducing-jorik-van-baal\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Jorik van Baal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Name: <\/strong>Jorik van Baal
\nPosition: <\/strong>Midfield
\nCurrently playing at: <\/strong>Domstad Devils \u2013 Utrecht Lacrosse
\nPreviously played at: <\/strong>MDNT \u201812<\/p>\n

Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where do you live? What do you do in daily life? When did you start playing lacrosse?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u00b4m a first-year student of human resource management at Hogeschool Utrecht, after studying and working a few years I\u2019ve started a new study and going strong.
\nI live with my best friend in an apartment in Utrecht, and have been living on my own for almost 6 years now. Next to my studies and sport I work as a waiter\/bartender at a restaurant, two or three evenings per week.
\nI started playing lacrosse when I first moved to Utrecht. I learned about the sport during the introduction days and fell in love with it immediately.<\/p>\n

Congratulations with your spot on the team! What was the first thing you did when you heard?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cheered (I was in the locker room after a practice), and called my girlfriend and mother.<\/p>\n

What are you most looking forward to in Denver?<\/strong><\/p>\n

To play without thinking too much about it. During the EC2012 I didn\u2019t play as well as I should have been able to because of all the pressure it brought for me. During the WC I don\u2019t want to worry as much and be the best I possibly can be.<\/p>\n

What are your expectations for Denver?<\/strong><\/p>\n

To play on a very high level and give it my all for my country. But also to enjoy the atmosphere and to be able to watch some high-end lacrosse from the blue group.<\/p>\n

How do you interpret the 2014 MDNT motto \u201cDestination Denver and Beyond\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u00b4ve been involved with setting up the MDNT Program from the start, so for me it\u00b4s all about getting to Denver in a financially healthy way, but also to send out the message to the rest of the lacrosse community in the Netherlands that we run a well organized program. By leading by example is how I feel we should set the tone for the future. Destination Denver and Beyond is the way to do that.<\/p>\n

\"Jorik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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