While Tim Walsh would love to see his Australian men's sevens team win the close games more often, the coach would rather they avoid that scenario altogether in New Zealand this weekend.
Australia have played 11 matches in the current world series, five of which have been decided on the last play.
They have only won two of those, with the three gut-wrenching losses the reason they sit sixth after two rounds.
"You won't win them all but you need to put yourself in a position where that can't happen as often," Walsh said.
"We've won two of five of those this year and that's probably indicative of where the team's been at in the last five years.
"It's a fine line ... but that's why we love it."
The men play in Hamilton this weekend, where they finished third last year, before returning to Sydney to defend their title.
Teams that finish the series in the top four earn automatic entry to the 2020 Olympics in Toyko and Walsh knows this fortnight will be crucial in that endeavour.
"After four rounds you really need to be on the good side of that top four," Walsh said.
"It's still early days but I foresee that top four race to come down to the last round, in an Olympic qualifying year every point will be fiercely fought."
Defence from restarts and tackling technique in general has cost them so far but the return of Simon Kennewell from a knee injury to a full-strength squad should help remedy that in Saturday's pool games against Wales, Argentina and Fiji.
