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?
4Power stance by Adelaide
The Crows were searching for a flag in 2017, and after claiming the minor premiership, they posed as the biggest challenger for the crown.
In order to remain a threat to the competition, they performed a power stance in the finals pre-game, including the decider against Richmond.
A ploy to intimidate the opposition fell dramatically on its face, as the Tigers ended a 37-year premiership drought.
Former Crow Josh Jenkins claimed Collective Minds, the organisation that led the infamous pre-season camp (which will be spoken about later) "conned" the club into it.
"I see the power stance has made a comeback with Justin Leppitsch, who made mention of it. It'll be coming up for 20 years, that stupid stance," Jenkins said on SEN in 2020.
"We were conned, mate. We were conned by the crew at Collective Minds. Told us that if we did it we'd go all the way.
"In fairness, it didn't affect our game at all because we did it in the other two finals and we blew GWS and Geelong away. So it didn't have any negative impact.
"It was just a little bit of foolishness and probably a bit naive on our behalf to think we would have an impact on the game."
