Might be a really simple answer to this, but was wondering why the training sessions are/have always been morning times, ie 9.45am etc? In this modern age of sports science, wouldn't it make sense to train at 2-3pm every time so that bodies were conditioned to that time of day? Would that even work? Just thought it might be an option, especially with all the talk a couple of years ago about sleeping pills etc.. Thoughts?

They guys usualy have 2-3 seasons per day, the stuff we see is only a small percentage of what they do.

During the season you will find us training at the same time as games, to acclimatise to the time we play, however, how often do we play at 2:10 anyway! Games are all at different times, and as said previously, there are several sessions a day of training.

I dont think training at a specific time to adapt to the same time as game day is as relevant as it used to be due to the fact games are all over the place. If we played every game at 2:10 then it would be a good training principle to follow, but as we dont, it may not be as important to the schedule.

What about when the weather starts to really warm up? Is it beneficial to train in the hottest part of the day? I ask out of general curiosity.

Depends on what you are trying to train for, but I would say most of the fitness gurus would say it would be not beneficial to train during the hottest periods of the day, on purpose at least. If it happens to be hot when training is scheduled then they would train, but probably a shorter and sharp session. If they know they are going to be playing in Darwin and/or Perth/ GC they may want to do some of it to be prepared for the conditions though.

I'm going to be in town in early January.

How do I find out the times and venues for training?

I would presume that two of the best fitness/sports science guys in Misson and Craig would know how to schedule training and monitor the boys continuously.

I'm going to be in town in early January.

How do I find out the times and venues for training?

To find out training times either look up the website- melbournefc, go to season 2011 at present, in January it will be 2012 season, go then to training times where it will state where and times,Or ring the club.

Regards & have a great Xmas

Edited December 11, 201113 yr by jayceebee31

Maybe its best to train out of the heat of the day. I think conditioning the body to certain times in the day is taking sports science a bit too far.

AFL players on sleeping pills I think is more an anxiety thing related to them not sleeping before games and then not sleeping after (which might be due to either the natural rush of playing an AFL game or an artificial one caused by caffeine).

Training under lights has been thought of and done (but I dont think consistently over a period) before to get used to lights. I'm wonder how much benefit it is and for a team who doesn't play a lot of night matches it probably isn't a lot. Might be worth a go before night matches especially in winter where you can train under lights without it being late at night.

That's why Misson and Craig are experts and would know a lot more than all of us combined... I'm sure they have it sussed. My team trained under lights for 4 years and won 4 daytime premierships... It's all in the head really.

To get them out of bed and leading a normal 9-5 lifestyle as opposed to playstation and the casino.

Yes, i'm serious.

Whilst they dont all need prompting, many do.