Kaizer Chiefs striker Bernard Parker believes a switch in mentality has been played a major role in helping his side turnaround in form this season.

The Glamour Boys have not had the best of starts to the season by failing to win any of their first three matches in the Absa Premiership but have since turned their campaign around and have secured three consecutive wins in a row.

The veteran striker says Amakhosi’s turnaround in form is due to the mental shift in the team.

‘I think a mental switch has helped us turn things around because, during the slow start that we had, we didn’t play badly,’ Parker said.

‘We had a lot of energy and a lot of hard work in it. But the mental shift we had, after the team building exercises and the other things that we did to get ourselves in the right frame of mind, have definitely paid off.’

Parker says his side have grown in confidence after their three-match winning streak in their last three Absa Premiership matches.

‘Those three games we won in a row came in nine days. There wasn’t much time for training. It was just a matter of correcting the previous mistakes and playing. The wins boosted our confidence sky high and the guys are in the right frame of mind,’ he added.

Chiefs host Ajax Cape Town in their next Absa Premiership match at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday.

Kick-off has been set for 18:00.