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?
2Adelaide training camp
The pre-season camp from hell turned the Crows from a premiership contender into a scarred organisation only recently showing signs of being healed.
Following the 2017 grand final loss, Adelaide embarked on a camp in Queensland designed to test the mental toughness of the players.
Players were scolded with abuse and physicality, according to former Crow Josh Jenkins. Personal and sensitive information was shared and used against him.
The use of an Aboriginal digging stick as a talking stick was deemed culturally offensive to the Indigenous players such as Eddie Betts.
As a result, the club fell to 12th on the ladder, and multiple players departed the club at the end of 2018, while coach Don Pyke resigned at the end of 2019.
