Melbourne Storm halfback Cooper Cronk says a healthy sense of perspective helps him focus on game day Melbourne Storm halfback Cooper Cronk says a balanced life helps him focus on the field. MELBOURNE Storm halfback Cooper Cronk says a balanced life rather than any training technique is the key to his hot start to the NRL season. He is fitter too, courtesy of a trip to Arizona for high-altitude training with the Brisbane Lions in November. The rising 30-year-old said his capacity to put things, on field and off, in perspective helps him focus on game day. "With the Arizona thing, I understand it's a talking point, but that's just one of 100 things a player does to prepare," Cronk said. To suggest that's the reason why things are going well, I disagree with that. For anyone, I think it is about finding the balance with things you do on and off the field. Last year there were a few things going on but you compartmentalise them, put them in their place, and treat them with the respect they deserve. After a hectic travel schedule, Storm players were given a football-free weekend to freshen up for Friday's clash with Brisbane."We set ourselves for the first month to get the job done, get the results we wanted and we have one more week of that," Cronk said yesterday. Training has been formulated this week to accommodate playing in Brisbane. We'll get a few more skill-based sessions in and hopefully those things will improve.