Colorado trips -any value?

[Verdun66]

I still like the fantasy of them going to the isle of St kilda and combining it with some environmental work there

Not at this time of year! Suicide....

When it vaguely habitable it is the middle of the season. But nice thought!

[Wrote for Luck]

The young guys in particular would be very excited about travelling to the US especially training in the facility of an American football team - not to mention the intellectual property and year in year out gains you get from having a sister club (or whatever they call it).

I think the town will be pleased there is no Milney running around with a microphone though. That was cringe worthy stuff.

[saintbrat]

I still like the fantasy of them going to the isle of St kilda and combining it with some environmental work there

Not at this time of year! Suicide....

When it vaguely habitable it is the middle of the season. But nice thought!

True; but for ruggedness it couldn't be beaten- a bit of puffin and gannet gathering in the odl fashioned way

[Cairnsman]

Collingwood and GWS now use Cairns for their high performance camps.

[Gurgman]

Was it valuable last year?

Man , you need some happy pills , is there any chance you could say something nice just for once , or positive , nah it aint going to happen is it !!!!

[BigMart]

It's just a question?

Don't mix up reality with unhappiness..... Footy is one small thing in our lives... Unhappy about following a poor footy team (not club, before anyone cries) does not make a person unhappy

Well, not 6 days a week, 6 months of he year anyway.

[Greg T]

The real benefit is the bonding aspect of the trip
Invaluable at this stage with so many younger players.
Good on them,least it's another avenue to keep up with the comp.
This year especially , might be crucial..

[Bernard Shakey]

Maybe the team could do a training run to honour the club's history, and would only require Myki tickets and a hire bus rather than the more expensive Colorado option- more financially responsible..here is my suggested itinerary:

Start the day running at St Kilda beach, then jog to the Junction Oval and do laps, catch the tram to Flinders street station then catch the Frankston line train and get off at Moorabbin. Jog to the Moorabbin ground and do laps, hire a bus and go to the former VFL park Waverley and have a picnic lunch, then bus it to Seaford for some gym work then go to the Seaford hotel for dinner. That should bond the team..what do you think?

Then shoot up Arthur's Seat or Mount Martha for altitude training!

[8856brother]

Maybe the team could do a training run to honour the club's history, and would only require Myki tickets and a hire bus rather than the more expensive Colorado option- more financially responsible..here is my suggested itinerary:

Start the day running at St Kilda beach, then jog to the Junction Oval and do laps, catch the tram to Flinders street station then catch the Frankston line train and get off at Moorabbin. Jog to the Moorabbin ground and do laps, hire a bus and go to the former VFL park Waverley and have a picnic lunch, then bus it to Seaford for some gym work then go to the Seaford hotel for dinner. That should bond the team..what do you think?

Then shoot up Arthur's Seat or Mount Martha for altitude training!

Finish off at Glacier Nightclub in Franga for some real bonding.

[duckduckduckgoose]

"James Gwilt, Rhys Stanley and Nathan Wright are others who aren't making the trip with the former two starting pre-season on modified programs following surgery."

What's the go with Wright then?


http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-11-25/e ... ger-savage

[Megamaguire]

All the very best to St.Kilda players and coaches on their journey to the Rockies.
Just have a great trip !

GO SAINTS!

[saintbrat]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl ... 6771969216

mmme made them run before getting on the plane..... intesting sight around Tullamarine...

[saintsRrising]

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl ... 6771969216

mmme made them run before getting on the plane..... intesting sight around Tullamarine...

Was probably at their new training base...which is not far from Tulla.

[saintspremiers]

"James Gwilt, Rhys Stanley and Nathan Wright are others who aren't making the trip with the former two starting pre-season on modified programs following surgery."

What's the go with Wright then?


http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-11-25/e ... ger-savage

I'm worried about Wright. Was carrying injury a lot lay year and was crap later on as a result

[Sainternist]

I'm still not convinced sending the team to Colorado is of any real benefit apart from a nice trip for the boys. Seeing our games are largely played in a temperate climatic zone, I would have though a week of intense training up in the Dandenongs or down on the Mornington Peninsula would do the job just as well- any opinions you sports scientists out there?

Who are we to say or decide?

You'd have to ask some of the longer term players to compare it with previous trips. Judging from last year, it was a success and equitable for the club. Well, you'd hope so anyway.

Perhaps we should take Eddie's advice and not continue going there because (apparently) only Filthwood deserves state of the art training facilities.