North Melbourne coach Brad Scott says the club’s new additions will face a ‘baptism of fire’ when they arrive in Utah for training next week.

“It’s just fantastic for them and I think they’re really going to enjoy it… They’ll come home after two weeks here with their teammates, feeling like they’ve been here for three months so it’s a great way for them to start their careers at North Melbourne. ”

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Delighted with North’s selections at the Draft, the fourth year coach is looking forward to getting to know them better and says there’s no better way for them to get comfortable than out of a normal football environment.

“You’re forced to interact and they can spend a lot of time with them (teammates). Normally...you can spend a lot of time with your teammates at training but then you go your own separate ways after that.

“Anyone that’s played AFL footy remembers their first day at a footy club and we’re just rapt that our draftees’ first day is in Utah in a training camp environment…to immerse them in that for two weeks is going to be great.

“We’ve got a lot of dinners and you know, they eat all their meals together and there’s a lot of bonding that goes on, on these camps.

“I think it’s going to be a baptism of fire in a way but I think, what better way for a young draftee…to come and be immersed in the North Melbourne way at a camp in Utah.”

Scott also told kangaroos.com.au he was feeling no ill effects despite having been to Utah, then home and back twice in the space of a week in order to attend the Draft on the Gold Coast.

“It’s a tough travel schedule but it’s just what had to be done,” he said shortly after the club’s first indoor session at the University of Utah.

“I was really keen to kick off the camp here in Utah and make sure I was here day one and the Draft falls when it falls…four days here in Utah, back to the Draft, fly into Melbourne, fly into the Gold Coast, drive to Brisbane, fly straight back after the Draft…that’s just the way the schedule is.

“Really it’s not that hard you’re just sitting down the whole time, the players are the ones that do it hard.

“You can try and plan it, you can try and be all scientific about it, but the reality is; you sleep when you’re tired and you work when you have to so you just do what you’ve got to do.”

At his first training since returning, Scott said he’s been impressed with how hard the group worked while he was away.

“The guys have done a great job, both the coaching staff and the players, since I left so today’s session was just fantastic, a real step up from the last session we had before I left so I’m really pleased.”