While the NTFA season will see no football played before at least May 31, teams are still mentally preparing for their shots at glory.
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In the seventh of a series of previews on the NTFA's division one,The Examiner looks at Meander Valley Suns, who built a strong foundation last year and proved they can play competitive footy.
Coach: Damien Rhind
Co-captains: Joel Holloway and Callum Harrison
2019 finish: Seventh - five wins and 11 losses.
Ins: Jock Gibson (South Launceston), Nathan Appleby (Sheffield), Devin Eilander (returning), Luke Hansen (returning), Brad Clarke, Corey Clarke, Zach Roden, Rohan Nunn, James De Boer, Paul Stoltenberg, Beau Hills, Sam Williams.
Outs: Danny Bennett, Jayden Bennett, Brendon Johnson, Brad Basiuk, Daniel Connell, Kalyn Eady (all Perth).
Who's impressed: "Both of our captains, Joel Holloway and Callum Harrison, have been really good," Rhind said.
"James De Boer has been a good inclusion, while Matty Nicholson, who made [NTFA] team of the year last year, is really fit and keen for the season to get underway.
"He's looking really good and we are hoping he can take his game another step higher - it was already at a high rate last year."
Coach says: "My first year at the club last year and I guess it was a major change to the way that they were coached to play the year before.
"It's taken a good 12 months so far to get it into their mindset that we want to play a different way but we had a solid start - getting one extra win than the year before.
"We also had our reserves side play in two finals so certainly from a club point of view, we improved quite a bit so we are just looking to continue with that improvement if the season gets up and running.
"It's challenging, without face-to-face contact, some people are self-motivated but some people need that group concept to get them up and running in regards to fitness and skills.
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"I've broken our team up into five to seven groups with a leader for each group and then I will put out a training regiment for the week and then the guys will report to their immediate leaders and the leaders will report back to me.
"It's just easier rather than me trying to chat to 40-50 blokes in a week and it just makes more sense to have one bloke chatting to five or six and then have everyone reports back into me.
"We haven't done anything too different but I do know that could possibly wear thin, so we're just looking to change it up probably this week or next week to something different and then hopefully by the end of the month, we can go into training with groups of 10.
"I guess the crux of it is, we are missing sport and maybe it's a chance for people to reflect on what they get out of their sport more than we have previously."