The Silver Ferns squad member contemplated the drastic measure to avoid the series of holding penalties which incurred the umpire's wrath during her side's round-one loss to the NSW Swifts in Sydney earlier this month.
It was a nightmare start for Grant in the inaugural ANZ Championship competition.
With the sides locked 23-23 at half-time, she took the court hoping to make a positive impact.
Instead, her introduction was quickly followed by a series of short, sharp blasts of the whistle.
A bewildered Grant was penalised often and the Swifts took advantage, building an unassailable lead.
Perhaps as penance, Grant spent the whole of the next match sitting on the bench.
‘‘I was a bit disappointed with that [first performance], as you can imagine,'' she said.
‘‘I didn't really know what to expect with Australian umpires. They just completely blew me out of the game and I had to come off and then had to wait around for another chance.''
Having cooled her heels riding the pine, Grant made the most of her opportunity against the Tactix in Christchurch last Monday.
Together with underrated goal keep Megan Hutton, the pair helped shut down former Otago Rebels Jodi Brown and Anna Thompson.
The 51-42 win over the previously unbeaten Tactix boosted the camp's confidence ahead of tomorrow's crunch match against the highly-rated Adelaide Thunderbirds across the ditch.
‘‘I guess you could say we're beginning to hit our straps. Our combinations are starting to work and come together at training, and now we're starting to put it together on the court.''
Thanks to some clever marketing, all five New Zealand sides will be going head-to-head with their Australian rivals this Anzac weekend. And the Steel has got one of the toughest assignments.
‘‘We watched their [the Thunderbirds'] game last week and they're looking quite sharp,'' Grant said.
The Thunderbirds beat the Melbourne Vixens in a thriller 39-38, and Grant conceded the Steel would have to play ‘‘a little bit better than the way we played against the Tactix'' to prevail.
Grant is aware she will come under the microscope by the umpires, should she get a chance on court. But the 1.85m goal defender is confident she will acquit herself better.
‘‘I've learnt from the first week that I have to adjust [to the umpire's calls] quicker than what I did,'' adding the entire team was grappling with the issue.
‘‘My arms are quite loose when I play - I don't have them tight to my body.
‘‘So any kind of contact is called holding and the Aussie umpires saw it once and that was it,'' she explained. ‘‘I was going to try that [strapping my arms to my side] at training to see if it would work.''
To combat her penchant for grabbing her opponents, Grant's teammates have been letting her know when it happens during practice.
‘‘They are making me aware of what I'm doing and helping me stop it.''
The Thunderbirds have arguably the two best defenders in the competition in Geva Mentor and Mo'onia Gerrard.
Against the Tactix, the Steel's midcourt was able to lob balls into Daneka Wipiiti unmolested.
That strategy is unlikely to work against the Thunderbirds' classy duo.
At the other end the Australian team has two quality shooters in Kristen Hughes and Natalie Medhurst, and with busy midcourter Natalie von Bertouch providing the linking play, the Adelaide side boasts a line-up with few weaknesses.