ADELAIDE coach Phil Walsh has put in a request for a training camp in Dubai next summer ahead of his second season as Crows coach.

And Walsh has explained why the club took a back seat during the trade period — and why it will concentrate on drafting rather than trading during his time as coach.

Walsh, who began his post-playing career as a strength and conditioning coach with Geelong, is a firm believer in heat training and has asked fitness coach Nick Poulos to look into the costs of a pre-season trip next summer.

He said it had been too late to organise it for this summer and also had an immediate priority in teaching the players a new game plan ahead of 2015.

But he is pushing for a trip next year.

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It is a shift for the club, which did not feel the need to train under extreme conditions as Port Adelaide went to Dubai on the advice of fitness coach Darren Burgess in December to kick-start last summer. Port will head to Dubai again this summer.

Walsh, who has seen the benefits first-hand, is confident the training has been a factor in the Power’s rise.

“We won’t do it this year; I’ve probably come in a bit late to get that done,’’ Walsh said.

“Plus there’s probably some things different in the game plan that I want to drill down early days.

“But I’ve asked the club — there’s obviously a cost — and I’ve asked Nick to go and cost a trip for next year.

“I’m a big believer in heat training, so we’ll definitely go somewhere.’’

media_camera Phil Walsh has been appointed Adelaide Crows coach. Picture: Sarah Reed

The planning of a trip to Dubai comes as Walsh also detailed his vision for the next Crows premiership team.

Walsh wants it to be made up by a majority of players drafted by the club rather than traded in.

It goes against the busy and successful trading done by Hawthorn and Sydney, who have been shrewd in topping up talent, and falls more in line with having a more stable team such as Geelong.

“I want to grow the list from within,’’ Walsh said on radio FIVEaa. “I want the next Adelaide premiership team — and hopefully I’m the coach — I want it to have 15 players that we’ve drafted.

“That’s what I think success is. Yes, you might have to top up just here and there, but I want to have a premiership team with players that we’ve identified and that we’ve developed.’’

WEST COAST great Darren Glass has been targeted for a coaching role with Adelaide.

Walsh has been in talks with the former Eagle about a position with the Crows. Walsh said Glass, who retired mid-season this year, had committed to doing a Masters of Business Administration next year, but was still hopeful of getting him to West Lakes.