The Cats have won their last seven encounters against Port Adelaide by an average margin of 62 points, but Hinkley want's his players to be brave now “more than ever” and continue taking risks.
The expected urge is to go the other way; the Power turned the ball over far too often against Carlton last weekend and Geelong would punish such sloppy skills with devastating ease.
"This game's getting harder to play, if you go too safe you're going to get yourself penned in and not going anywhere with the footy," Hinkley said.
"We know that Geelong thrive off the turnover…we've got to be prepared to take the game on.
"We've got to be a club that's prepared to go there and we've got to make sure we execute the skill.
"The pressure of the kicks last week wasn't that high – we just didn't execute as well as we expect to and we demand that from the players."
He said the club had missed the presence of key defender Jackson Trengove and that with the added injury to former captain Dom Cassisi he would look to reward SANFL form.
Defender Campbell Heath is expected to earn a recall, having been named emergency last week before picking up 24 disposals for Woodville-West Torrens.
Heath's AFL form had started to falter after an impressive start, and the 22-year-old was dropped form last weekend's senior side.
But Hinkley said his response was excellent.
"Sometimes that's what happens with players, they have a little bit of a tough run and sometimes going back and that little bit of pressure comes off, they can go back and play the football they're quite used to playing," he said.
"Campbell did a really good job of that."
While Heath could come back into the side, livewire Jake Neade is to be rested after playing every game this season.
"He is a little body and he does take a bit of a pounding, so we're really hopeful that Jake will be up and about and ready to go next week," Hinkley said of the exciting 18 year old.
Harry Thring is a reporter for AFL Media. Follow him on Twitter: @AFL_Harry
