By Julian Shea

Sharp took Huddersfield to the Challenge Cup final last season

Huddersfield coach Jon Sharp says he is confident his side can turn around their season despite losing their opening six games in Super League.

The Giants have already lost to Leeds, Bradford and St Helens but Sharp said signs of improvement were clear to see.

"We've the third-best defensive record in the league. That's amazing as we've not won a game," he told BBC Sport.

"Our error rate's dropped and our rate of completion's improved. If you stick at it, we believe things will turn."

Having reached the Challenge Cup final last season, Sharp says Huddersfield approached the 2007 season "full of beans", but the fixture list did them no favours.

"We had probably the hardest start of anyone," he said.

"We played Saints, Bradford, Leeds and Hull in close succession, as well as Hull KR, and historically the newly-promoted teams are very fresh," he said.

"We recognise we could be better, but we know we're not far off. Often we've lost by just one score, or less than one score. That encourages us."

Sharp does accept that their troubles are partly self-inflicted, but says the team are looking at what they are doing wrong and making a concerted effort to correct it.

"We're very vigorous in our research of our team, and we analyse training deeply too," he said.

I encourage players to comment or have an opinion on how things are going Huddersfield coach Jon Sharp

"The key area is we're making too many errors, which puts pressure on our defence, but through sheer hard work we've got the third-best defence in the game.

"We've played some magnificent teams who are hard to break down, which has some say in how your team plays and whether or not you pick up the two points."

Despite the disappointing start, Sharp says morale in the camp is still good and they are addressing the problems together.

"We have team talks regularly. They're not just crisis or clear-the-air talks, none of that stuff goes off at our joint," he said.

"It's something we've done for three years, it's not just on the back of half a dozen defeats, and I encourage players to comment or have an opinion on how things are going."

Next up for Huddersfield are fellow strugglers Salford, but Sharp says they will not be discussed at any team get-togethers.

"It's irrelevant how they're doing, it's not on our radar," he said.

"We're not discussing them, we need to concentrate on ourselves. If we worry about them, it distracts from ourselves."

Despite the absence of wins so far this season, Sharp sees no reason to start sounding alarm bells as he can see positives in another way.

"Some people need two points and they get belief from that," he said.

"I believe in winning, but I also believe there's a process before that, which is performance.

"This week is very much about focusing on ourselves, maintaining our form and taking the chances we've been creating.