Lindsay Thomas celebrates a goal against Geelong. Source: Herald Sun
Kangaroos coach Brad Scott at the MCG against Hawthorn. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun
FORWARD Lindsay Thomas's program to rid himself of the yips when kicking for goal is being used as motivation for North Melbourne to fix its scoring woes.
Coach Brad Scott supervised technical adjustments with drills at training yesterday in a bid to improve the players accuracy.
"I keep coming back to Lindsay Thomas. People say what has been the turnaround? Well, it's hard work," Scott said.
"It's like most things in life, you've got to work hard to achieve those things. I've got no doubt we'll fix them and, when we do, I've got no doubt we'll be up there with the good sides.
"We've just got to tighten up our game and be clear on the things that we have to fix and spend an enormous amount of time on the track."
Thomas is the AFL's leading goalkicker with 21 from 27 attempts in five games, an admirable conversion rate and considerably improved on his 38.19 tally last season.
Scott said inconsistency was often related to inexperience. "I think we're scoring OK. Could we do it better? For sure and we'll continue to work on that," he said.
"I think we've got dangerous forwards and we like to kick the ball to them. We've got to strike a balance between capitalising on our key forward strength and using other options going forward. But it has been a strength rather than a weakness."
Tall forwards Robbie Tarrant (leg) and Lachie Hansen (knee) were assessed after yesterday's main training session on whether they return for Saturday's game against unbeaten Port Adelaide in Hobart.
"Unless I'm comfortable with the level of training they've done and how they perform in the main session, they won't play," Scott said.
"We're in the fortunate position of having good key position players who can replace them. The combination of Aaron Black, Majak Daw, Lachie Hansen, Robbie Tarrant, we've just got to keep selecting players in form and who have full fitness."
Scott also implored fans to continue to be vigilant about racially abusive behaviour following the off-field taunts directed at Daw, Thomas and Daniel Wells in the match against Hawthorn.
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