Carlton forward Levi Casboult says he is growing in confidence as his set shot kicking improves thanks to specialist coach Sav Rocca.
Rocca, who sits 13th on the list of VFL-AFL goalkickers, was brought in by the Blues in early April to help Casboult fix his wayward kicking, and the 25-year-old is starting to see results.
Casboult had kicked 7.3 from set shots going in to Friday night's clash against the Sydney Swans, and he finished with 2.0, both set shots from just inside 50m.
"My goalkicking has been very inconsistent and a talking point for a lot of people," Casboult said on Tuesday.
"(But) Sav's come in and simplified things.
"I'm kicking straighter so that helps with confidence. I think most people play on confidence.
"A lot of it's my technique not being 100 per cent, so I'm trying to fix that at training and it's just about repetition so in a game I don't go back to my bad technique."
Casboult was dropped for the Blues' season opener after failing to kick a goal in the NAB Challenge, and he opened his account in round two with 2.3, prompting the Blues to appoint Rocca, who kicked 748 goals with North Melbourne and Collingwood.
Casboult said he was talking "one or two little focuses" into games with his goalkicking, much like the Blues now were under interim coach John Barker.
"We went in with two focuses of tackles and hard ball gets," Casboult said of the Blues' approach against the Swans.
"We had some improvement, but it's definitely a work in progress.
"We've had our game, the first one without Mick (Malthouse), and now we've got to keep moving on and getting better."
Carlton ruckman Cameron Wood, who also played under Malthouse at Collingwood, said the Blues were determined not to waste the rest of the season under Barker.
He said the new coach had set clear focuses to the players, who had moved on quickly from Malthouse's sacking.
"'Daisy' (Dale Thomas) and I had a chat about it and we realised there's not much point moping about it because we've got a game to play … I sent him (Malthouse) a text," Wood said.
"Mick was really good for the club and really good for the game, and I guess it's time to celebrate his time in the game now.
"I've seen a few interesting things in my time in football, it's just another one."
Wood and Casboult, who are ambassadors for the Jodi Lee Foundation, which raises bowel cancer awareness, were speaking after all Carlton players were addressed by the organisation's founder Nick Lee at Ikon Park.
Casboult said the foundation had become important to him after a diagnosis in his family.
VIDEO: Casboult and Wood speak about the Jodi Lee Foundation
"My uncle was diagnosed with bowel cancer last year and thankfully it's a good news story for us, but anything I can do to help, I love to get involved," he said.
Carlton’s clash against Adelaide at the MCG on Saturday is in support of the Jodi Lee Foundation.
