Andrew Brayshaw has welcomed a new focus on skills at Fremantle the club’s first to fourth year players commenced pre-season training on Monday.
The talented young midfielder feels his biggest upside in 2020 could come from improving his ball use and said it was also the case for most of his teammates.
“I think for myself and as well as the group, it’s that skills piece,” Brayshaw said.
“I think I can win the ball pretty well, if I can improve how I use that. That will really make a big difference so that would be my focus this year.”
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Fremantle have revamped their pre-season training schedule under new senior coach Justin Longmuir, with one day a week set aside for players to focus on their individual traits.
“We’re all really excited. It seems that the dynamic of training has shifted a bit,” Brayshaw said.
“There’s a lot more focus on skills and one of our sessions (each week) is purely going to be on personal skills and craft, so I’m really looking forward to that on Wednesday.
“For us to execute our game plan, we need to be hitting our skills and with what Justin is bringing, I think we should be able to do that.”
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Longmuir addressed the group for the first time in Fremantle’s lecture theatre before the group went out for their first pre-season session.
Brayshaw said Longmuir has already made a good impression.
“He’s a really friendly guy and I think he wants the best out of each and every player,” Brayshaw said.
“I’ve only briefly known him but I think he wants the best for Fremantle and he is driven to be the coach that takes us to our first premiership.
“There’s a new sense of confidence in the group and having a new face in is pretty good. I think the boys really enjoyed their training session today and they’re looking positively towards the year.
“With a fit and available list this year, I think anything is possible for us.”
