At times through last season Jack Martin thought about giving the game away. The precocious talent seemed locked into a Sisyphean battle with his body as soft-tissue injuries piled up, scarring him physically and emotionally. Geelong’s Jack Martin had doubts whether he would ever play in a grand final. It’s just you lose hope [and] you lose confidence,” Martin said. You go out on the street and everyone is asking: ‘how is your body, how is your body?’.”