His side has lost a stack of experience in the off-season, with the likes of Lucy Ferguson and Pip Mannix stepping away from the sport but fortunately for the mentor, he's confident in the newly crowned senior members of the roster and what they can do this winter.

"Maddie Smith, Libby Smith and Kayla Russell are three of the girls who have taken on a lot of responsibility," Shea said.

"We do have a really young team and we've lost a lot of players but hopefully those two can lead these young kids through the season."

Shea took some time off over the last seven days but says the spirits have been high at training and the squad is just happy to be back out on the pitch.

"They're all just enjoying things out on the field and excited to be active and having a good time," he said.

"That's going to be our goal for the weekend, too. Just to go out there and have some fun and enjoy ourselves."

CYMS' season will kick-off with a bang on Saturday as the girls are set for a grand final rematch with Lithgow Panthers and while the first-up assignment is about the hardest one you could draw in the opening round, Shea's excited to see how his group take on the challenge.

"We're just going to go out there and try our hardest and see what happens," he said.

"I've got no idea how we're going to go this season, though... there's too many unknowns and it just depends on what opposition teams put out there too."

"We'll see what happens in that first round and then we'll evaluate things after that."

The match at Lithgow kicks off a tough, three-game stretch in which CYMS plays St Pat's and Confederates and the back-to-back-to-back blockbusters will go a long way to deciding credentials of Shea's young squad.

"That will determine our season," he said.

"But, we can't look too far ahead... it' just one game at a time."

Every coach has their own way of doing things and their own strategies they like to implement come gameday but Shea's adamant that the side's just too raw to be getting out the whiteboard yet, and says the basics are what it will be going off on Saturday.

"We need to tone it down and bring it back a notch and just concentrate on the simple things," he said.

"If we can get everyone confident with their own game, that will help us a lot as a team." The grand final rematch begins at 1.30pm Saturday in Lithgow.