It did not feel like it at the time but, with the benefit of hindsight, his extended break from the game allowed the 33-year-old the time he needed to clear his mind and freshen up for what will be his 14th season of first-class cricket.
Redmond's form fell away so alarmingly he was dropped from all three formats and was not required for the last month of summer.
To add to his woes his replacement, Hamish Rutherford, had an incredible month, scoring 607 runs, including back-to-back centuries in the game against Northern Districts and a double century against Wellington.
Redmond, by stark contrast, scored just 157 runs in six first-class games at an average of 14.27.
Since he transferred south from Canterbury in 2004-05, Redmond had averaged more than 40 for the province and, with 10 first-class centuries to his name, most believed it was just a matter of time before he rediscovered his touch.
When he was unable to turn it around, speculation mounted that Redmond's promotion to captain was at the heart of his problems.
He had taken over the captaincy reins from Craig Cumming and the usually chipper and lighthearted right-hander seemed weighed down by his poor run of form and the extra demands of leading a side.
Redmond, though, was not absolutely convinced the two were related.
"I thought I was the man for the job but it turned out I might not be," Redmond said.
"I can't blame it on captaincy. I have to blame it on myself, as well.
"But maybe with my form not going so well, and dealing with the captaincy side of things, as well as trying to maintain you own game, it did have a little bit of an impact.
"But the best thing is we have a quality guy like Derek [de Boorder] who is going to skip the side and everything he has done so far has been great."
And the form slump?
That was just one of those patches everybody goes through, he said.
"You always have your ups and downs, but to be a top player you want those to level out.
"Sometimes sportsmen have funny patches like that. I wouldn't call mine funny because I didn't enjoy it. But when I look back on it I just think it is part of life and a lesson to be learnt, and you come back better and stronger."
In the off-season, Redmond returned to England were he lives for six months of the year with wife Katie and sons Christian (10) and Noah (18 months). He plays for Wigan in the Liverpool and Districts Cricket Competition but the dismal summer in the United Kingdom this year meant he did not get a lot of time out in the middle.
However, he did find some form with the bat when it was dry enough to play, top-scoring for his club with 1079 runs at an average of 77.07.
He had a gap of about 10 weeks between seasons when he did not pick up a bat and the break served him well.
"I was able to reflect and realise I am playing a game which hasn't changed since I was about 9 or 10. I think I got a little too intense about it. So it was quite good [to have a break] and it was refreshing mentally."
Redmond still has ambitions to add to his seven test caps for New Zealand and has a few other statistical targets in mind which he wants to keep to himself.
He has played 99 first-class games and is likely to play his 100th when Otago opens its Plunket Shield campaign, against Canterbury in Rangiora on October 27.
With Cumming having retired, Redmond is a key player at the top of the order for Otago and the province needs him to rediscover his touch.
Redmond is not the only player with something to prove. Neil Broom has also been a productive batsman for Otago since he shifted south from Canterbury the year after Redmond. But he struggled with his form last season and needs to start scoring heavily if he is going to get back in the national frame.
