Triumphant coach Dean Cox is taking a glass-half-full approach to Sydney's goalkicking yips in a vital 19-point away win over Port Adelaide.
The Swans triumphed 9.17 (71) to 7.10 (52) at Adelaide Oval on Saturday to climb two rungs to 11th on the ladder.
Despite butchering a series of shots, Sydney (six wins, eight losses) are now only two victories outside the top eight - the same as 12th-placed Port.
"Not ideal," Cox said of his side's goalkicking.
"But to give ourselves opportunities, that's probably the first thing I look at.
"It is something that we have probably lacked, certainly marks inside 50, an ability to have shots.
"Previously we're the second best set-shot team. Tonight, we were nowhere near it."
Key forward Joel Amartey was the chief culprit, booting 0.6, with another 40m shot falling short and two other attempts sailing out on the full.
"You sit down with the player, have a brief chat tonight, follow him up tomorrow," Cox said of his approach with Amartey.
"And then go back to doing what we have to do, which is getting in front of goal and get him into his routine - start at a position where you can build confidence back in.
"It is hard, the mental side of it, when you are missing shots you probably normally would kick them from."
Sydney's Chad Warner, Tom Papley and Angus Sheldrick all returned 0.2, but the visitors weren't made to pay by a lacklustre Port.
The Swans trumped their hosts 51-35 in the inside-50 count, and Port were stuck on four goals until kicking three belated majors in the final minutes.
"We couldn't get any (attacking) entries ... if you don't get entries you're going to find it really really hard to score," Power coach Ken Hinkley said.
"To be fair, the scoreboard was flattering."
The Swans were inspired by Isaac Heeney's brilliance - his match-high 29 disposals featured 13 contested possessions, five clearances and two goals.
Captain Callum Mills (27 touches, eight marks), ruckman Brodie Grundy (35 hit-outs, 22 disposals), Nick Blakey (22 possessions, one goal) and Will Hayward (three goals) were other standouts.
Hayward slotted three majors, including two in 60 seconds in an opening half when Sydney established command but logged 4.10 to 2.4 for an 18-point lead.
The visitors slipped 27 points clear when Heeney goaled in the third term, before a brief cameo from Port's Wille Rioli threatened to turn the tide.
Rioli scored one major and set up another in a three-minute patch as the Power crept within 16 points - their three-quarter-time deficit.
But Sydney champ Heeney and Hayward soon sealed the result with early goals in the last term - they led by 32 points before the Power scored three late goals.
While Heeney was outstanding, coach Cox was also heartened by the return from long-term injuries of Errol Gulden (18 possessions) and Tom Papley (16).
Port vice-captain Zak Butters (28 disposals, one goal), skipper Connor Rozee (25 disposals) and Kane Farrell (20) toiled gamely without massive impact.
