BRADLEY Hill has three premiership medallions, but the star Fremantle recruit is determined to prove to his new teammates that he's not satisfied with his success.

Since being traded to the Dockers from Hawthorn to be closer to family, the line-breaking wingman has been a pre-season standout on the training track and won both 3km time trials at his new club.

"That was something I wanted to do, was come here and try to win," Hill told AFL.com.au.

"At a new club, you want to get in there and train hard and show them that you want to be here and want to play some good footy and win games with them.

"You've definitely got to prove yourself and that's one thing I like to do is train hard and show them that I'm here to play."

The prospect of moving back to Perth to play alongside his brother Stephen weighed on Hill's mind last year, and his form fluctuated before his secret meeting with Dockers coach Ross Lyon was revealed.

The day after that story broke the 23-year-old racked-up a season-high 31 disposals against Richmond in round 18.

"Obviously it played a little bit of a part (affecting my form). You're worried about what your teammates think," Hill said.

"I just tried to go out there and play footy, but it was a bit of an up-and-down season, so hopefully this year I can have a more consistent one.

"When I first got drafted, I always wanted to play footy with my brother. I was at Hawthorn for five years and wanted to come home.

"Obviously I loved it in Melbourne and Hawthorn, you couldn't ask for a better club to go to, but … that was pretty much the decision, to be around family and come play footy in Perth.

"Playing footy with Stephen will be pretty awesome."

Despite already knowing many of the Dockers players through his older brother, it was initially a strange feeling for Hill walking through the doors at Fremantle Oval after 95 games, three flags and 58 goals for the Hawks.

"It feels like they're my teammates now," he said. "I feel like I'm getting together with the boys and connecting with them.

"I'm still getting to know Ross, I haven't played a game yet, so I don't know how he works on gameday.

"But he's pretty close with all his players and he's got a lot of time for them as well."

How Fremantle rebounds from a horror four-win season will be one of 2017's biggest talking points, but an influx of four mature-age recruits plus the return of superstar Nat Fyfe has raised hopes of a swift rise back up the ladder.

"You never know what could happen. We've got the talent there, so hopefully we can go alright this year," Hill said.

"We can't look too far ahead, we've got the (JLT Community Series) coming up and then we've got to look forward to round one."

But there is one match Hill has circled in the fixture – the round six Western Derby against ex-Hawks teammate Sam Mitchell.

"I haven't played in a derby before, so that will be pretty exciting, and to play against Mitch will be pretty cool," he said.