Saints kickstart bid for success

ST KILDA has made changes to its goal kicking program in an attempt to resurrect the club’s woeful set shot conversion rate.

The Saints can still make finals if they topple Richmond for the second time this season on Sunday and Essendon go down to Fremantle.

Their inaccurate goal kicking has been one of St Kilda’s letdowns with the Saints converting only 29 per cent of their attempts from 30m-40m before last round.

It has been identified as a major area of improvement for next season.

Veteran defender Sam Gilbert, who is expected to be offered a deal to play on next season, said the Saints have adjusted their goal kicking program already this season to try and fix the problem.

He said the players had knuckled down on their individual techniques and different angles to try and boost their accuracy this year.

“There has been changes to the kicking program as the season has gone on to be more specific, more concentrated on different angles and we have put targets up behind the goals so we can aim for certain things,” Gilbert said.