Fremantle ruckman Luke Jackson says he wants to add an \u201celite\u201d marking ability to his game.<\/p>\n
The big man has already been dubbed an AFL unicorn for his unique athletic attributes that see him dominate ruck contests as well as at ground level as an onballer.<\/p>\n
However, it is his secondary abilities in the forward line that the 24-year-old has highlighted as able to take his game to new heights.<\/p>\n
Jackson\u2019s career marking average sits at 2.6 per game, but through the early stages of 2026, and given his extended midfield minutes, he is only averaging one mark per game.<\/p>\n
He averaged an equal career-high 3.4 in 2025, and Jackson said he has made arresting the early-season slide a primary training focus.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s probably the thing in my game I feel I need to work on the most,\u201d he told SEN on Thursday ahead of the Dockers\u2019 clash with Adelaide.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaying in the ruck, midfield and forward, if I can be really damaging and elite in that area, that will put my game in a really good place.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, after training, focusing on getting some reps in and before the game, getting my hands going. But I feel like it\u2019s something I\u2019ll always be working on for years to come anyway.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I want to become elite in that area, so I just want to keep working on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Dockers will play back-to-back games in the City of Churches, with Friday night\u2019s blockbuster against the Crows followed by a mouthwatering Gather Round showdown with Collingwood.<\/p>\n
However, the men in purple will return to Perth during the seven-day break between clashes, a move Jackson said was best for the entire group.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a big discussion point,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it just works better, to be honest, when we play Friday, come back and get some good days here in Perth, get a good training in and then hit the plane again.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe feel like it\u2019s going to be the best way for our preparation, and it\u2019s always good when you get to come home for three or four days and get a good training in as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fremantle ruckman Luke Jackson says he wants to add an \u201celite\u201d marking ability to his game. The big…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":579795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,10124,588,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-579794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-fremantle-dockers","14":"tag-sport","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=579794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/579794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=579794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=579794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=579794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}