AFL clubs will try just about anything to find a competitive advantage. Anything.
From overseas trips to training in altitude to fire walks, looking back over the years, there have been some questionable motivational tactics employed by clubs.
But which are the craziest?
7Colorado Collingwood
The Pies were industry-leaders in attempting to find an edge over an opponent by utilising altitude training.
During the Michael Malthouse era, Collingwood players and staff would head to Arizona over the pre-season to improve their aerobic capacity by training at higher elevations.
A week-long training regime in Boulder, Colorado, helped put the Pies ahead of the competition in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
Rival clubs would partake in similar training in a bid to increase players' red blood cell count and boost their bodies' ability to carry and deliver oxygen.
Albeit the fad has since dissipated in the AFL. Collingwood utilised these training camps as bonding experiences, which worked as they became premiers in 2010.
