As Stoke City gets ready for the new season in southern Spain, Mark Robins prioritises unity and fitness over fiestas.
Mark Robins will not downplay the significance of Stoke City's Spanish team development, even though it may not be as exciting as football in the past.
As they intensify their preparation for the upcoming Championship season, which begins on August 9, Stoke will spend the better part of a week in Andalusia, where their manager will relish working them hard in the heat.
Instead of sneaking off to nightclubs, there will be challenging exercises and opportunities to relax with a quiz or barbecue.
Robins, who is in charge of his first summer as Stoke manager, stated, "You get a bit of everything and that's really important."
"It took us about six weeks from the time we returned to the start of the new season. It passes by quickly. This is going to go by fast, so we need to get the work into players as soon as possible and make sure we don't waste any time. We just had over eight weeks off during the off season, and it went by in the blink of an eye.
There will need to be some team-building activities because we also need to get together. That means spending time together in a setting that may not be conducive to training, rather than going out and getting wasted, which is a thing of the past.
There must be some activity during this time, so it may be anything new, like a quiz or a cookout. They require a little break in between because they need to be able to work and you can't keep whipping them.
"There will be some of that, but there will also be a lot of discussions and some games played behind closed doors to help them catch up before we play in front of the public."
Although the temperatures are expected to be in the mid-20s compared to the heatwave last month, Robins has already led Coventry City teams to Spain, and the location isn't exactly designed to be a nice place to work out.
"We could have picked a different destination, but Spain has always been a place where you can get that weather and really put them through it because it's really tiring," he added, adding that it's absolutely necessary to leave nevertheless.
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