Essendon are aiming to unlock Jake Stringer's strength and power game this AFL season, with the explosive forward now free of the groin soreness that troubled him last year.
Stringer has been managed over summer and sat out the Bombers' intra-club match this week because of a back issue.
But the 28-year-old is set to travel with an extended squad to Queensland for match simulation against Gold Coast on February 23.