Brody Blackett-Gregg's journey to becoming one of the state's top men's netballers and the sacrifices he has made to turn his dreams into a reality will feature in a new documentary about the start and growth of men's netball in Australia.
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It comes as the Tamworth star was named in the NSW 23-and-under side to play at next year's national championships in Adelaide.
One of the youngest players in the side, the 19-year is eligible to play for the 20s but will instead be a key cog in the frontline for the Nerida Stewart-coached 23s side.
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"I love what our shooting unit has to offer," the former Swifts player and elite NSW pathway coach said, noting that Blackett-Gregg adds a "relaxed style with a quiet killer instinct that will make a huge impact during this campaign."
It was a bit of a whirlwind couple of days for the teen.
Hot on the heels of the state team announcement he learnt that he had been chosen as one of the main stories for the documentary and that a crew would be coming up to Tamworth on the weekend to do some filming and interview him.
Somewhat out of his comfort zone and something he's "never really done before", he said it was "good to be part of".
The interview covered a range of topics like how he got involved in the sport, the commitment he's had to make to get to where he is, and how he juggles his netball with his other commitments, and Blackett-Gregg said talking about it all made him look back and go "wow well it's all sort of paid off and all sort of worked for me to get me this far".
He isn't sure when the documentary will be released but said there was some talk about showing it at the nationals.
With a lot of new faces on the coaching staff this year, he wasn't that confident about his selection chances, even for the 20s.
"I wasn't expecting to be looked at because they don't who you are," he said.
"But the fact that I managed to be looked at by them and get asked to come up an age group was a massive shock, and it also feels good to realise that I'm competing with those type of guys."
"It makes me feel better with how I'm going about my netball and just sort of proves that I'm putting in the hard work."
He has to get a bit more experience travelled down to Sydney a couple of times to play with the Sydney Uni-Varsity Griffins in the M-League, which has been good.
"The type of guys we compete against down there are the guys that play in the men's opens so they're at that higher level that everyone wants to be at," Blackett-Gregg said.
"So it sort of helps me prepare myself and learn the things that I've got to do if I want to compete at that level and also allows me to bring those type of things back to play in the 23s or play in the local comp here."
