Eddie Betts says he took more enjoyment from setting up debutants Hugh Greenwood and Jordan Gallucci with their first AFL goals than kicking another Goal of the Year contender.

Betts was in everything at the GABBA on Saturday night. The dual All Australian forward booted three goals, including an unbelievable left-foot dribble kick from a tight angle.

He also had a Round Nine-high four goal assists.

Instead of taking a set shot, the selfless Crow spotted Greenwood on his own inside attacking 50m late in the first quarter.

Greenwood went back and coolly slotted a goal from about 25 metres out on a slight angle.

Betts followed up by gifting a hard-running Gallucci a goal from the square in the last quarter.

Last year, the three-time Crows leading goalkicker also spotted up Wayne Milera Junior for his first goal.

“The goals I kick, personally, I don’t think are that good. I do enjoy passing it off,” Betts said on Tuesday.

“I kicked one to Hughy for his first goal and then I had young Jordan Gallucci running towards me with his eyes wide open.

“He wanted that ball, so I had to give it to him for his first goal.”

Betts is already a three-time winner of Goal of the Year. He’s won the last two back-to-back.

The 30-year-old struggles to explain how he manages to produce such brilliance on a regular basis.

“They just go in. I seriously, honestly, don’t know how they go in,” he said.

“(On the weekend) My wife Anna said, ‘That’s probably one of the best goals you’ve kicked’

“I don’t think so. But my son loves them, so I get the tick from Lewie and Billy.”

In saying that, Betts does practice goalkicking from all angles.

He takes shots at training, on game day and in the hallway at home with four-year-old son, Lewie.

“We dribble (the ball) along into the doors. He (Lewie) actually beats me most of the time!” he said.

“People say, ‘You fluked them’ or ‘How do you do it?’ But I do a lot of work on them at training.

“First, I’ll have my routine in front and do set shots and then I’ll go to the boundary and have snaps.

“During the warm-ups at the game, if you watch me and Charlie are always having our shots in front and then we’ll go to the boundary and have 10 shots inside, just so we can get used to it.”

Coincidentally (or not), Betts’ last two Goals of the Year have come in Indigenous Round, from nearly the exact spot at Adelaide Oval.

The cheeky Crow has some advice for his teammates ahead of Saturday night’s Indigenous Round clash with the in-form Fremantle.

“It’s something special that I hold dear to me. The last two years, I’ve won Goal of the Year down in the left-hand pocket with two different types of goals,” he said.

“That’s what I’m going to tell the boys, ‘If I’m in that pocket, kick me the bloody ball!

“Only in that pocket, though.’”

Lewie Betts will be one of 22 mascots for the team this weekend.

At his own request, Lewie will run out with Charlie Cameron (not Eddie!) but was devastated to learn that his duties didn’t involve running through the banner. 

“He (Lewie) was very upset by that, so I had to make a banner at home and put on the music!” Betts said.

“Little Billy was loving it too, running through.”

Cameron, who is coming off a best afield performance against the Brisbane Lions, is equally as excited about running out in Indigenous Round.

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The dynamic forward credits Betts with fast-tracking his development professionally and personally.

“He’s helped me a lot … to be a better person off field, but he’s helped me a lot on-field with his coaching. I can’t thank him enough,” Cameron said.

“Some of the stuff he does, I want to do that! I wouldn’t mind kicking Goals of the Year! But the stuff that he does is more about what he does before he gets the ball, his pressure.

“When he gets the ball, anything can happen.

“I’m trying to model (my game on) him but he’s unbelievable.”

Betts insists Cameron, Cam Ellis-Yolmen, Wayne Milera Junior, Curtly Hampton and Ben Davis, who gather for ‘mob night’ on a weekly basis, are doing him a favour.

“We have no family here in Adelaide. Most of mine (dad’s family) are based in Port Lincoln, and my mother’s (family) based in Kalgoorlie. My wife Anna’s family are back in Wangaratta in Victoria,” Betts said.

“This is my family here.”

Unfortunately, Hampton (ankle), Ellis-Yolmen (knee) and draftee Davis (foot) are all unavailable for selection against the Dockers, who have won six of their last seven games.

Betts said a fast start would be a focus for his team after several poor first quarters.

“We’ve been reacting instead of acting. Teams are getting their hands on the ball first, winning the contested ball and tackling harder,” he said.

“Freo are playing some fantastic footy. We’ve got to be on our guard.

“We haven’t been starting well the last four weeks. Hopefully, we can get a good start this week … and get the crowd behind us.

“Hopefully, we can get 55,000 there, make it very noisy.”

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