It’s hardly a surprise that Swans livewire Lewis Jetta was awarded as the club’s Most Improved Player at Friday night’s Club Champion Dinner.

The 23-year-old, who kicked just nine goals and missed out on the Sydney Swans finals tilt in 2011, kicked five times as many goals this season, contributing 45 goals and playing every game in 2012.

While it has been well-documented that Jetta paired up with midfielder Kieren Jack in this year’s pre-season to improve his fitness and endurance, the 2012 Swans leading goal kicker said his improvement also came down to self-belief.

“I give a lot of credit to Kieren Jack and obviously the coaching staff for not only helping me get through pre-season, but helping me and pushing me really hard,” Jetta told SwansTV.

“But for me to get better and not rely on other people I had to rely on myself and do all the hard work that I had to do as well as believe in myself and push myself.

“It doesn’t come down to other people, at the end of the day, it just came down to me.”

Jetta kicked goals in 20 of his 25 games this season, and contributed multiple goals on 13 occasions. He also racked up a career-high 27 disposals against Adelaide in round five and collected 20-plus possessions in five matches.

The speedy forward said his increased output came as a result of playing a more well-rounded style of football.

“I just went out and had fun,” he said.

“I started my games on defence and the goals just kept coming and coming, so that’s what I pretty much did every week.

“I just played to my strengths and chased down tackles and all that stuff and at the end of the day my goals just came from my defensive work and it all felt really good.”

Reflecting on his stellar season, Jetta said his Preliminary Final goal against Collingwood was a stand-out moment.

“(My favourite goal) would probably be against Collingwood in the final,” Jetta said.

“That 90-100 metre sprint and three bounces were pretty cool.”

Jetta added that his awe-inspiring run against Cyril Rioli in the Grand Final was inspiration for him to improve his fitness and endurance even further in 2013.

“(Outrunning Cyril) felt really good,” he said.

“Late in the first quarter my legs were a bit tired but coming back on in the first five minutes it felt really good to have a big long sprint.

“Now my aim for next year will be to get even fitter.”