Tara Murray
Melton is embracing a new game style in the Riddell District Football League women’s competition this season.
After making a preliminary final last season, the Bloods are keen to build on the platform they set.
Coach Brett Grambeau said the season had been good so far. The side has a 1-2 record.
“We are doing really well,” he said. “We’re preparing ourselves well and are hopefully primed for the right time of the year.
“Coming into the second year and my first full year after coaching a few games last year, we’ve had a big pre-season.
“I’ve gotten to know the group and we have the opportunity to go deeper than last year.”
Grambeau said having coached the side late last year it had given him a head start of plans for this season.
He said they were keen to be more unpredictable with how they move the ball.
“We have a different game style and structure,” he said. “We are no longer one dimensional.
“Not only straight down the line like we were. We’re now playing transition footy and using that momentum.”
Grambeau said he was loving coaching the group saying that they always want to learn and find out different ways to do things.”
He said the experience of playing a couple of finals last year would really help the group moving forward.
Majority of last season’s team has returned, while they’ve got a couple of new players who have joined.
Grambeau said they even had a couple of girls that were training to join next season.
The Bloods have had the last two weeks off.
They had a bye and then the interleague break this weekend.
Grambeau said it hadn’t been ideal.
“It has let us review the first three games and see which improvements we need to put in place out of the bye.”
The Bloods this week face Mount Alexander next Saturday.
