Great article in the HUN today.
...might need to be translated into English.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/carlton-will-expose-its-players-to-a-gruelling-preseason-camp-in-arizona/story-fni5f22o-1226757609269Carlton will expose its players to a gruelling pre-season camp in Arizona
Sam Edmund
Herald Sun
November 11, 2013 6:36PM
CARLTON will expose its players to a gruelling pre-season camp in Arizona, where it expects the
bitter cold freezing weather to take its toll.
The Blues won't arrive in Flagstaff until December 3 - a month later than last year - for a testing two-week stay in snowy conditions
and with temperatures close to zero.
The travelling party
will has plans to retreat nearly 50km south to the picturesque town
ofSedona if the weather turns
really particularly nasty.
But the colder conditions aren't the only changes. Carlton's travelling party will endure a more challenging fitness program after a lot of last year's maiden trip was spent indoors
coming to grip with Mick Malthouse's philosophies.
New fitness boss David Buttifant will take charge of a smaller squad of 33 to 34 players, with the club's older and injured rehabilitating players, including Veteran Chris Judd, Andrew Walker, Andrew Carrazzo and Heath Scotland,
spared the tripwill be among those to stay behind.
Last year every player attended, with only Eddie Betts leaving early for family reasons.
Football manager Andrew McKay said the group would be strongly challenged.
"David Buttifant is
on board now now and it's the
second time over under (coach) Mick Malthouse, which means there will be a bit more physicality involved," McKay said yesterday.
"It's a chance to keep improving the game plan and the structures and build on what we started in 2013. There will be a bit of time in the classroom, so to speak, but certainly a lot more physical activity, which will be quite testing for the boys."
"It will be colder and
they'll be more snow around so it will be even more testing than previously."
The Blues will make a longer and more arduous ascent of Humphreys Peak, while a trek into the Grand Canyon will also be made more challenging.
The club has tentative arrangements to use Northern Arizona University's Skydome for running sessions, but the availability of the facility is dependent on the fate of the local football team, the Lumberjacks.