Dom Cassisi and the rest of the Port Adelaide playing group were monitored over the Christmas break. Picture: Sarah Reed Source: The Advertiser
ANY Port Adelaide player hoping for some sympathy from fitness boss Darren Burgess while Adelaide bakes in the heat should have a rethink.
After two years working with English Premier League club Liverpool, Burgess is enjoying the sun.
And his enthusiasm for extending the boundaries for players is fueled by the hot weather.
"I like training in the heat, it adds a great effect to the players," Burgess said.
"It makes everything a little bit harder.
"That makes them work harder so I am a fan of it. I did not see much of it over the last few years so I am welcoming it."
What impressed Burgess at Liverpool was the players' resilience. It is a mental toughness he wants to establish at Alberton and tireless work in the sun fits comfortably in his thought process.
"I want the Power to be a resilient team," he said.
"That is hard to get with a young team so we want to fast track that.
"With a young group you have to take them out of their comfort zone. There will be different drills and activities they have probably not done before to take them out of their comfort zone - that is the mental toughness."
The Power returned to work yesterday after a 13-day break but technology advances ensured there was no cheating the system while absent from Alberton.
The players had to meet targets for time trials, skinfolds and weight and they were constantly monitored.
"Every session was monitored for each player so we knew if anyone was not doing it or not doing it well enough," Burgess said.
"The players were really good and I could not compliment them any higher.
"The group as a whole, for being a young group, their enthusiasm and commitment is first class - it was a really nice surprise. There was no cheating, no hiding. Not only did we know what they did but we know exactly where they did it as well. So it is nice technology to have.
"Over the 13 days they had some time off - it was important to freshen them up. They had had a solid six weeks and no one lost fitness over the break. In fact, the 3km time trial was better than November when we last tested them. That was positive."
Burgess praised Kane Mitchell as a running machine and said fellow recruits Olilver Wines, Tom Clurey, Mason Shaw and Jake Neade were good runners with speed and endurance.
"The fitness side of things ... they are outstanding recruits," Burgess said.
"We will have to wait and see the skills side of things but certainly from a fitness point of view they are great."
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