After being in transit for more than 24 hours, over 50 Collingwood players and staff have arrived in the USA for the team’s annual pre-season altitude training camp in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Led by new coach Nathan Buckley and director of sports science David Buttifant, the Magpies will once again utilise the outstanding facilities at Northern Arizona University over the course of the next two-and-a-half weeks.
Collingwoodfc.com.au and CTV will be there every step of the way with the players and coaches as the club embarks on its all-important pre-season training campaign ahead of season 2012.
Some features of the collingwoodfc.com.au coverage for supporters will be:
The Fasolo Diary
Young Magpie Alex Fasolo will blog daily updates of his first Arizona training camp experience. It’s sure to give great insight and also be very entertaining.
Twitter - #arizona11
Along with following Collingwood’s official Twitter account - @Collingwood_FC - use the hashtag #arizona11 to stay in touch with all the players as they bring you regular snippets of what’s going on.
Daily CTV updates
CTV is in Arizona and will bring you daily video updates, with guest hosts Heath Shaw and Sharrod Wellingham set to offer special behind-the-scenes access.
Daily photo galleries
All the sensational photos from the team’s training activities, including sessions in the NAU’s magnificent Skydome facility to the Mt Humphrey hike and trail runs through the neighbouring picturesque Arizona mountain ranges.
