Dave Carolan: The five F’s that make (or break) a training camp

I’ve just returned from a three-and-a-half week warm-weather training camp in Alicante, Spain, where I was Team Liaison for Brian Horne’s Sporting Events company. 

Pre-season is in full swing for a number of countries, including the USA, Norway, Sweden, South Korea and Ukraine, so their teams are among those winging their way to the mild temperatures of the Costas.

For Denmark and others, it is the mid-season break and an opportunity to get away and reset ahead of the second half of the season. The Women’s Super League in England is among those to have a Winter Break and in recent years Chelsea Women have travelled to Portugal, while Manchester City Women went to Abu Dhabi last year.