Fremantle Dockers key forward Jye Amiss hasn’t lost belief in goalkicking but will look at changes to routine

Fremantle forward Jye Amiss will consider making minor changes to his goal-kicking routine over the summer after losing his famed accuracy last season.

However, he believes he still took steps forward during 2024 to become a better player.

Amiss wowed the AFL during 2023 when he kicked 41.17 and was a constant threat whenever he won the ball. But the 21-year-old was often taking longer shots last season and kicked 36.28. He said having more shots at goal meant he was doing a lot right during games, so he would look at whether changes to his set shot routine would make him more potent.

“My routine now is one I am still confident in. Whether it’s getting more momentum, this time of the year is the best if I’m going to tinker with anything or change little things because then you can work over the pre-season. I’ll have a look and talk to the coaches,” Amiss said at the club’s Community Camp in Karratha.

“I felt I had games here and there where I was kicking straight, but then I wasn’t kicking straight. But I had in my mind and with the coaches as well that it was me getting shots on goal.

“I kicked 36.28, but if you look at the shots I took during the year, that’s what I came back to the coaches within my reviews during the week. It was what I did to get in the position to allow myself to kick a goal. I’ll leave my goalkicking up to my routine.”

Amiss has already increased his weight from 94kg in November last year to 96.5kg and is keen to make that his playing weight this season. He said extra weight would be valuable when playing against the game’s best defenders.

“It was a focus. I came back on day one and felt really good,” he said.

“I think it’s just going to help me. Being a little bit heavier now and coming into pre-season will allow me to condition myself to my body and my weight right now. Come round one, I will be ready to go.”

On Monday, Amiss joined his teammates in Karratha, conducting footy clinics for local youngsters.

Having grown up in Busselton, Amiss said it was important for players to be role models for children in remote areas.

‘These are really important,” he said.

“I love it up here. Getting up here to see the people and mix with the community is good.

“I think it’s really good for the kids to really experience this. If I had that when I was younger, I’d also have loved that. I’m definitely going to make the most of it.”