Moana wants to lift the Bombers off the foot of the Warrnambool and District league A grade table in 2017.

The former Ararat, Great Western and Moyston-Willaura defender has organised training runs with Bombers senior coach Danny Chatfield.

“I have done it before at other clubs with the very first one or two trainings, combined with the boys,” she said.

“We’ll split into different groups and make it a bit of a competition as well.

“We might shoot goals and do sprints and things and they (the players) will have a team sheet and we’ll add up their points.”

Moana said the initiatives would help build relationships between the two groups.

“Coaches will go around and ask ‘do you know her name?’ or ‘do you know his name?’ and if you don’t know their name, it’s 20 burpees for the whole team,” she said.

“Just that sort of thing to encourage each other to get to know one another.”

Moana, 39, moved to Warrnambool from Ararat six months ago after commuting for work at Brauer College.

The qualified personal trainer moved to Australia from New Zealand 14 years ago.

East Warrnambool, which is searching for new players, will start its pre-season on January 18.