Walyalup (Fremantle) sharpshooter Jye Amiss says his long-awaited Rising Star nomination was a pleasant reward for laborious work and an indication of how nicely his workforce is monitoring.
The rising Dockers spearhead came upon the nice news from coach Justin Longmuir that he was the spherical 11 Rising Star nominee for his three-goal efficiency in Saturday’s thrilling win over Narrm (Melbourne) on the MCG.
Amiss booted two of his three majors in a tense last time period, whereas additionally organising one other to Lachie Schultz within the aim sq..
It was back-to-back three-goal hauls for the Busselton product as Freo made it 4 wins on the trot.
“It’s a good recognition of the hard work I’ve been putting in and is a beneficiary of how the team has been going,” Amiss stated.
“It’s helping me out the more we improve so I just want to keep going upwards from here.”
The 19-year-old’s outstanding set-shot accuracy has been on show in latest week, nailing 10 objectives from his final 11 makes an attempt, mirrored his beautiful colts 12 months for East Perth when he booted 65.22 on the way in which to getting snapped up with decide eight.
“I think it’s just finding a really good set-shot routine,” Amiss stated.
“I’ve tweaked it a little bit over the years but it’s pretty much stayed the same and I’ve just worked on it and improved through it and consistently trained it which has been in the key.
“In-game it’s all about trusting it and knowing that when I do trust it, that can work out and when it doesn’t work out I know what’s going wrong with it.”
Amiss has kicked a team-high 19 objectives for the season which is all of the extra outstanding given he was not noted of the opening-round workforce towards St Kilda at Marvel Stadium earlier than getting a recall the next week.
Schultz is the following finest with 17, with veteran Michael Walters on 16.
“It was probably just more around structural stuff at the start of the year,” Amiss defined.
“I wasn’t too fazed by it, I knew that if I went back to WAFL level and played some consistent footy and good games that I’d be able to work my way back into the side eventually.
“I’m just trying to take things week by week and learning what I can from those around me.
“(Forwards coach) Jaymie Graham has been really good with his coaching and helping me out during the week.
“I just want to keep building that consistency and taking it week by week and just keep learning and improving.”
Dockers coach Justin Longmuir stated post-match that he wasn’t shocked with Amiss’ speedy rise given his distinctive work ethic.
“I see his work ethic and I see how he goes about his week it doesn’t really surprise me,” Longmuir stated.
“The weekend is an outcome of the work you put into your preparation and I see him like all our others working their backsides off to get better and improve and the weekend is what you get.”
As for Longmuir’s message when giving Amiss the nice news?
“He said it was a recognition of the hard work I’ve been putting in and told me to have a good break, look after myself and get ready for a big second half of the season,” Amiss stated.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
