Lithgow product Lachi Sharp knows all too well how tough it's been with his Olympic dream with the Kookaburras at Tokyo 2020 put on the back burner thanks to the pandemic.

"It's [Olympics] an exciting time and it's what we train for every day so to have that dream kind of taken away from you for a year is hard," Sharp said.

With uncertainty the norm, the Olympics have been postponed to the northern summer of 2021 and Sharp said he's doing his best to remain positive.

"But we are doing our best to stay positive and hopeful for an Olympics in 2021," he said.

Making the most of the delay, Sharp spent four months in Lithgow catching up with friends, family and hitting the fairway at Lithgow Golf Club.

"It was nice to be able to focus on family and friends and be close to and supported by ones I cherish most back in March and April," he said.

He arrived back in Perth mid-July to get back in the rhythm of a "normal schedule".

"I had to complete two weeks quarantine upon arrival in Perth," Sharp said.

After his mini lockdown, Sharp is back to training three days a week on the pitch with two gym sessions.

"Everything is pretty normal in Perth, we play club hockey every weekend," he said.

Sharp hasn't played international matches since March when the worst of Covid-19 was yet to come.

"We're all definitely missing Olympic prep but there's obviously bigger things going on in the world and in Australia at the moment," he said.

"We are thinking about everyone affected by Covid no matter how large or small."