MURRAY Bushrangers coach Mark Brown believes the squad is holding up well amidst the uncertainly surrounding the NAB under-18 season.
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With speculation rife about whether there will be a season or AFL draft, Brown said the Bushrangers had focused heavily on mental well-being.
"It's uncharted territory for everyone I suppose, but most of the boys seem to be coping well," Brown said.
"There are a couple who are probably battling a bit more than others but as a general rule they are doing OK.
"We are just making sure they know we are here if they need us.
"Ross Hill oversees our well-being so he's been important posting videos online to them, Mick Wilson is obviously fantastic and Cam Bishop and myself have been doing everything we can as well."
Brown said he had no idea how the season would be shaped if the coronavirus ban was lifted after May 31.
"When the news first broke, we took the approach that the boys had trained extraordinarily hard for four months and got themselves in shape for round one before the carpet was pulled from under them," he said
"So as opposed to keeping training, we said take two weeks off, don't worry about anything, maybe go for the odd run, but just unwind.
"Since then the AFL has put out a universal training program which went to all NAB league clubs.
"We are telling them to stay fit and healthy and when we get a return date we can build into it."