Essendon's pre-season is underway with the Bombers focussing on fitness this summer after fading badly in the second half of the 2012 season and missing the finals.
Essendon players hit the pavement this morning as pre-season begins. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun
ESSENDON coach James Hird says the Bombers will not be making dramatic changes to their pre-season program in the wake of this year's soft tissue injury epidemic.
Hird admitted earlier in the year the team's gruelling training load last summer may have contributed to a rash of soft-tissue injuries during the season.
But Hird said today the club did not plan to overhaul its training regime this pre-season.
"We've changed a few things, but we won't change a lot," Hird said.
Essendon training this morning. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun
"We think our players, coming into a third pre-season, it's really important that they continue to get the conditioning right.
"So, we won't change too much."
The Bombers returned to pre-season training yesterday, with the players completing back-to-back 2km time trials today around Princes Park.
Midfielder Brent Stanton recorded the best times.
A group of 10 players, mostly midfielders, will head to Colorado tomorrow for a three-week altitude training camp that Hird hopes will fast-track their summer preparation.
"It's the first time that we have tested the waters with altitude training," Hird said.
"The first couple of years we wanted to get a lot of the game down bedded down the way we wanted to play and this pre-season is a little bit more about the fitness levels of our players.
"I think going to Colorado for an altitude training camp for our midfielders is something very exciting for us.
"(We hope to) increase our aerobic ability to probably fast-track their training to a certain extent and to really see if it's something that we want the whole group to do as of next year."
Dustin Fletcher,Paddy Ryder and Scott Gumbleton during their 2km time trial this morning. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun
High-profile recruit Brendon Goddard, who has been holidaying overseas, will join his new teammates for the first time on the camp.
"We are very excited to have him come along, but it will be a couple of weeks before our fans get to see him train with us properly," Hird said.
Brownlow medallist Jobe Watson is also in the US and will meet up with the group in Colorado.
Hird said he wanted to see the ``effort'' from out-of-contract pair Ricky Dyson and Brent Prismall on the training track as the club decides whether to give them a spot on the list next season.
"We just want to see them train for a couple of weeks and make sure the effort is there and make sure their bodies stand up to a whole pre-season," Hird said.
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