WHEN Port Adelaide's playing group returns from its mid-season break, captain Travis Boak wants it to forget about winning or losing.
He wants the Power to focus on the process of playing again – not on results.
In 12th spot on the ladder at 5-7, Port's 2015 season is in imminent danger of slipping away entirely.
Coach Ken Hinkley described his players as "spooked" after their loss to Carlton last Saturday.
Boak said the comment referred to the playing group's fear of making on-field mistakes.
"First of all we've got to get away and have that break from footy … and just try and relax," Boak said while on a community visit in Manoora.
"What Kenny meant by it ["spooked"] is just not to worry too much about the outcomes.
"We've just got to go back to worrying about the processes, because if you worry about outcomes you worry a lot in the game and it looks like you're spooked.
"Really you're just worrying about making a mistake and we certainly know our players are highly skilled and train extremely hard to do the right thing."
The skipper insisted the club would stick by its game plan after the break.
While last season Port was able to move the ball from defence to attack at blistering speed, it hasn't been able to replicate such play for long periods in 2015.
Slower movement has seen its scoring opportunities dry up. The Power were ranked second for inside 50s last year averaging 56 a game, but have dropped to 10th in 2015 averaging 50 a game.
Boak said the group retained confidence in its ability and style of play.
"We're not changing our game plan at all, we think it's a great style of footy we play, we just haven't executed well enough," he said.
"Some weeks we're playing really brave footy and not defending well, some weeks we're defending really well and not playing bravely enough.
"We know we can do it. We've got the same side we've had the last couple of years and we've added to that and certainly we've trained extremely well.
"Right now we are where we are on the ladder and we'll just keep fighting."
