{"id":6642,"date":"2011-11-28T10:26:53","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T17:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=6642"},"modified":"2012-11-30T11:25:04","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T18:25:04","slug":"australian-rules-football-club-back-in-flagstaff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/australian-rules-football-club-back-in-flagstaff\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Rules football club back in Flagstaff"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"200\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_6645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6645\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/magpies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6645\" title=\"magpies\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/magpies.jpg\" alt=\"The Collingwood Magpies practice at NAU\" width=\"400\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2012\/11\/magpies.jpg 400w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2012\/11\/magpies-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Collingwood Magpies practice on the outdoor recreation fields on NAU&#8217;s south campus with snow-covered San Francisco Peaks in the background. Photo by Nick Hulett, courtesty of the Collingwood Magpies<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h2 class=\"headline-big112\">Collingwood Magpies Public Practice Schedule<\/h2>\n<p>NAU Walkup Skydome<\/p>\n<p class=\"newHEAD1\">Monday, Nov. 28, 3 to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, Nov. 30, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Dec. 2, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The team also will conduct skills training on the south campus recreation fields from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6. Team activities are subject to change.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>While most birds fly south for the winter, a particular Australian variety continues to flock back to Flagstaff.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.collingwoodfc.com.au\/\">Collingwood Magpies<\/a>, a Melbourne-based Australian Rules football club, has returned for a fifth year of high altitude training at Northern Arizona University to get ready for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>The yearly visit has made the Magpies regulars on campus, or \u201ca bit like the furniture,\u201d says David Buttifant, the club\u2019s director of Sports Science. He is one of 20 staff members who accompanied the present 32-player squad for the two-week long visit.<\/p>\n<p>The training in Arizona allows the team to maximize players\u2019 performance, which Buttifant says, \u201cincreases the boys\u2019 resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe altitude is optimal and there\u2019s nothing like this training facility in Australia or even in Europe,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s visit includes practices in NAU\u2019s Walkup Skydome, workouts in the Health and Learning Center, a trek up the snow-covered Mt. Humphreys and an annual hike into the Grand Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>The Magpies are the third Australian Rules football club to visit NAU this fall. The Brisbane Lions currently have several players in Flagstaff and the Gold Coast Suns visited for the first two weeks of November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/australian-rules-football-club-back-in-flagstaff\/\">Collingwood Magpies Public Practice Schedule NAU Walkup Skydome Monday, Nov. 28, 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The team also will conduct skills training on the south campus recreation fields from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6. 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