WEST Coast's players coming to grips with what makes Lewis Jetta tick and his "whole-hearted" commitment to pre-season has the speedster primed to recapture his best, teammate Sharrod Wellingham says.
Jetta shone in the Eagles' big win over Fremantle in Geraldton on Saturday, breaking the lines and finishing with 21 touches and a long-range goal as part of a dominant engine room.
It was another promising JLT Community Series outing after he picked up 17 disposals against GWS in the Eagles' opening match.
The ex-Sydney star looks more in sync with West Coast's game-plan after struggling to adapt in his first year at the club, and Wellingham told reporters the wingman hasn't put a foot wrong over pre-season.
"I don't know if it's a change in attitude so much as that he's a lot more in tune with what's required of him from the club," Wellingham said.
"He's committed whole-heartedly over the summer to our program and it's obviously bearing fruit so far in the first couple of weeks.
"We've also got to know 'Jetts' and what we need to do for him, and you saw on the weekend when he gets those handball receives that's the way he plays – he takes the game on.
"You get the ball in his hands and he's going to be a damaging player. It's also up to us to make him a better player as well."
Lewis Jetta with his specialty - delivering from downtown. #JLTSeries pic.twitter.com/STcDHZ81J1
— AFL (@AFL) February 25, 2017
Wellingham, who crossed from Collingwood at the end of 2012 and battled injury issues which affected his form before a stellar 2015 campaign at half-back, empathised with Jetta taking time to find his feet.
"My first year was a little bit of a down year due to injury but when I was out on the track I was able to perform to reasonable standard," he said.
"I can definitely empathise with coming into a new team and having to meet new teammates and the way they go about things.
"It does take a little bit of time."
Led by Sam Mitchell's 28 touches on club debut, West Coast's midfield ran rampant against the Dockers.
Playing alongside the ex-Hawthorn champion for the first time, Wellingham was impressed that Mitchell was already directing his new teammates.
"You can see from his physique he's not lightning fast and he's not a Masto (Chris Masten) type runner but I think it's his smarts around the footy field that make him such a good player," Wellingham said.
"The way he's directing the way we want to play, it's definitely his strength.
"Having another Brownlow medallist coming into the midfield (alongside Matt Priddis) is going to be pretty handy."
Although some West Coast fans are salivating after watching their side dismantle the Dockers, Wellingham said the players weren't getting carried away by one performance.
The Eagles had a light session on Monday at Leederville Oval, with big men Scott Lycett (knee) and Jonathan Giles (thumb) looking unhindered ahead of possible returns against Melbourne in the final pre-season match on March 9.