SWAN Paul Bevan is enjoying life in the Sydney suburb of Bondi, with plenty of teammates living nearby and the beach in similar proximity.

However, he's far from an expert on the surfboard.

"I went surfing this morning with Teddy Richards. It’s pretty new to both of us but we’re improving," he laughed on Thursday.

When he's not catching waves, Bevan plays golf or puts hours into his studies to become a professional personal trainer.

Truth is, he has ambitions of perhaps becoming a 'celebrity trainer', but in a life far away – once his footy career is done and dusted.

"The plan is to go into corporate businesses and take them through programmes and get them fit," he said.

"That’s a goal of mine for after footy."

For now, the 23-year-old is firmly focused on his role in the side and the Swans' finals aspirations with seven qualifying matches to play.

Bevan reveals the club has a notion that 'the season starts now' to protect its top four spot in a hard run home with clashes against the Cats, Western Bulldogs and bogey side Collingwood.

"We know that we’ve got a really tough draw coming home," Bevan said.

"We’ve had a couple of meetings and we’ve said that the season starts from now. We’ve got seven games to go and we’ve got to win four or five of those to remain in the top four.

"We’ve got a big challenge ahead of us so hopefully we can get off to a good start this weekend against Carlton."

Bevan is quick to admit that the Swans will have to improve on their last two outings, which have produced successive losses to the Magpies and Hawthorn.

"If we continue to play like we have over the last two weeks, we’re not going to be in the top four," he said.

"We’ve got to improve significantly… the break physically has really benefited a lot of guys who are a bit injury prone but maybe it’s taken our focus off the game plan so hopefully this week we can put it together."

While Bevan concedes that the Pies and Hawks beat the Swans at their own game, he insists that the losses haven’t prompted revision.

"We’re very confident that if we play to our game plan that we can play some really good footy," he said.

"So we don’t change our game plan. We know that if we have 22 players playing their role, we’re a good team."