"Having myself being involved in the [personal training] industry now, and through my own experiences as well as a sportsperson, they've [New Zealand and Northern Districts Cricket] identified me and my ways and the way I go about things as well as utilising me while they can."
While Watson and Andrews are in a way being taken under the wing of their Northland teammate, they will not be given any handouts by the experienced campaigner.
"They [Watson and Andrews] know I don't tolerate or muck around with guys who pull the pin or are struggling, they need to turn up and go about their work at a high standard."
Yovich is a perfect example to go by for the young cricketers as he has fostered a long career at the top domestic level after making his debut at 19.
Yovich's career has seen him supplement his 121 four-day matches, where he now opens the batting, with 114 one-day matches for Northern Districts, something he hopes Watson and Andrews can achieve.
"It's great to see young guys exposed at that level [ Watson played for the U19s]. I remember as a young guy getting that opportunity, it was great. But, now it's down to him to not only live with the tag of being picked in the team but performing within that side, and then obviously it's another stepping stone to his future as well.
"He's [Andrews] got some really good skills [and] he obviously had a good year last year, but that's only one year.
"I think you can start gauging someone when they're successful for a sustained period of time. I think the biggest thing with these guys is that we want to see them on the park consistently and the nature of the beast shows that we haven't been very good in New Zealand and in having enough quality fast bowlers staying on the park, they seem to get an injury.
"I put that down to not so much not doing enough hard work but smart work at the end of the day with their cricket skills."
Yovich said unfortunately there are no secrets around how to foster a 121 match first-class career, adding it is about doing hard, smart work.
"There are no given formulas," he said. "But I call it bloody hard work and being smart around your training at the end of the day.
"Everyone's a little bit different and their areas of strengths and weaknesses, once you identify that, you can start working on stuff.
"I think having this facility here [the CLM Health and Fitness] is great because you can not only work on things in the gym but in the pool too. It'll allow them to work their bodies differently and stay on the park at the end of the day."
