LESS is more for Carlton big man Levi Casboult as he attempts to maintain the most-talked about aspect of his game during the AFL shutdown – goalkicking.
The forward-turned-defender was thrown forward again this summer and kicked two goals straight in round one as the Blues dealt with injuries to key pillars Charlie Curnow and Harry McKay.
Now with the season on hold, Casboult has turned to the oval across the road from his home to work on his accuracy that has long been questioned but sits at a career 134.99.
"That part of my game is always going to be a work in progress," Casboult said on Friday.
"For me it's always a numbers game, getting out there with a bag of footies that I've got in the garage and having a few shots.
"I actually find in the off-season when you kick less sometimes you go back to pre-season and you kick better so sometimes less is more. (I'm) definitely still trying to kick the footies a fair bit because I'm trying to keep that muscle memory going."
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Casboult said he will continue to lean on former goalkicking mentor Sav Rocca despite the ex-North Melbourne and Collingwood spearhead being told last week he was no longer required amid the football department cuts at the Blues.
Skills coach Greg Williams, ruck coach Hamish McIntosh, Next Generation Academy manager Zac Dawson were let go as the Blues prepare for a reduction of spending in the soft cap.
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VFL coach Josh Fraser, who had also been a mentor for Casboult, also lost his job when the Blues cut ties with their affiliate Northern Blues last week.
Casboult said he had been mixing his time between entertaining his three young kids with workouts in a makeshift gym in his garage and running with teammate Liam Jones and Blues fitness staffer Matthew Bode in separate sessions.
The 30-year-old, who faces uncertainty with his contract to expire at season's end, added he was willing to play in the ruck when football returned, just as he did in round one when No.1 Matthew Kreuzer injured his foot.
