Martin Dolk is aiming for 20 years in Hammarby handball
The days are intense for Martin Dolk before Hammarby on Tuesday will take on OV Helsingborg in the first semi-finals in the best of five in the handball SM playoffs. In addition to the handball venture, the 35-year-old is studying since last fall at the Naprapath University.
The studies are both part of a future plan – and a kind of self -help.
– I. been damaged extremely much In my career and it has created an interest in the body, says Martin Dolk, as if he is to reach his dream goal of 20 years in the green -white sweater must continue to play through 2027.
– That would mean next season and another. Then we will see. Hopefully I learn so much about the body that I can keep out all the way.
Dolk came up In the A-team season 2006-07, when the team won their second straight SM gold. The following year came the third. In 2013 he won the shooter and then became a professional in Denmark. But a stubborn injury to the tibia made it not work and he returned home.
– Then the idea emerged that it would be cool to see how long you can contribute in the Hammarby shirt. Although it is not abroad or at national team level, it is not a huge number who will experience playing in the highest leagues in Sweden for 20 years either. So I’m grateful for that.
What is so good about playing handball in Bajen?
– The community. That we have fun. Then it is clear that there is always improvement potential, but that is probably the big factor. It is not best paid and so on, but the association is good at keeping it in mind. That right now players must have stuff beside and then the association also has to adapt to it. Although they are conducting an elite venture.
Then the three The SM gold in the mid-00s has no more. But now Hammarby, who finished seventh in the basic series, is ready for the semi -finals after beating the tablet Kristianstad with 3-0 in matches in the quarterfinals game.
– It’s both logical and illogical. Those words may well summarize this season because every team has beaten each other. We have always known that we have the potential, we have been a little uneven.
In the semi -finals, OV Helsingborg is now waiting, which took the step up in the highest series for this season and clinched the place just above Hammarby in the table. Not an impossible obstacle in the hunt for a new SM final?
– Of course, you have those thoughts considering that it has been such an even series, and now that we moved on from the quarter, it is clear that you have thrown a glance ahead. But we must have our feet on the ground and realize that we have this big task that we must first tackle before you can even start thinking about something as a potential final. But we absolutely see that the chances exist that we can move on.
A top position would It can also mean that Hammarby gets the chance to play in Europe again. Something Martin Dolk would like to experience again before the career ends.
– We were close to getting some type of European place two years ago, but we lost in the final in the Swedish Cup. Then I was quite depressed about it considering that you may not have so many years left to play. But the hope now is that we make a Hallelujah playoffs and squeeze a place. After all, it would have been absolutely cool.
