MATCH fitness and strengthening on-court connections were the key focuses of Timboon Demons' coach Leah Sinnott ahead of her side's round two clash against Dennington.
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The Demons enter their second match of the 2021 Warrnambool and District league season with a 31-goal round one victory over Russells Creek under their belt.
Sinnott said there was no major corrections she needed to make with her side at training this week.
"We are focusing on making connections from one end to the other as we have some new people (Alicia Blain and Rebecca Dendle) from the previous time we played," she said.
"We want to make sure those connections are strong and communication is strong across the court and the rest will hopefully fall into place."
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Sinnott was pleased with her side's performance last weekend but identified match fitness as an area her side could easily improve in the coming weeks.
"When you win by a little bit it is more of challenge to pull things out to work on but I did notice as we got tired some errors crept in," she said.
"It always takes three or so weeks to get strong match fitness despite the amount of training you have done.
"Every team no matter if it was when I played or now you can do lots of training but there is nothing like getting back on court and having a hard slog.
"It always takes two or three weeks to hit your straps and regain that full four-quarter match fitness across the board.
"We played really well for 95 per cent of game but when you are more tired your decision making is often the first thing to fall away. Throughout the season we will push for playing four quarters."
The Demons host the Dogs at Timboon Recreation Reserve on Saturday.
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