The Bombers are set for both the sun and the sand, as the club holds a week-long pre-season training camp on the Gold Coast from today.

General manager of football operations Paul Hamilton said the key objectives of the camp will be physical conditioning, game strategy and planning. ??

“The week-long camp is a wonderful opportunity to bring everyone together - the players, coaching panel and staff,” Hamilton said.??

“We have a lot of new staff in the football department so it really is a fantastic way to bring people closer together and enhance the culture of the team.

“The camp will provide the opportunity to make sure everyone is clear on our vision and where we want to go in the future and how we want to do it.

“We also want to hone in on what our specific goals are for individual players and the group.”

Hamilton said the ground conditions of Windy Hill meant the week-long Gold Coast camp would provide stability for the club’s training sessions before the Christmas period.

“While the trip to the Gold Coast wasn’t part of our original plans, we just felt that because of the state of the Windy Hill ground not being particularly good, we thought it would be nice to just get away with everyone together and train in the one spot.”

“We hope the Windy Hill ground will be in better condition post-Christmas,” he said.

Hamilton added the training camp would provide an opportunity for the players to enhance their physical conditioning and develop their football learning.

“Whilst the camp is about the players’ fitness levels and physical conditioning, it will also provide the opportunity for our coaches to really implement the game plan and teach our players,” he said.

“At the same time, we’ll definitely be working hard – there will be a lot of fitness elements to the training camp.”

Essendon Football Club would like to advise members and fans that there will not be an open training session at Windy Hill prior to the Christmas period due to the players being unable to train at the venue. 

We look forward to providing more information regarding opportunities for our fans to see our players train in the New Year.?

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