SUPPORTERS have been treated to the first open training of Port Adelaide's 2015 pre-season with a long and intense session at Alberton Oval.

The special school holiday session saw more than 1000 Power fans turn out to watch as the players went head-to-head in a series of match-specific drills.

For the players, the session signals just over a month before the club's first competitive internal trial game which will be held at Alberton under lights on Friday 27 February.

Midfielder Hamish Hartlett described the session as intense and applauded the club's supporters for their turn-out on Monday morning, saying the visible support of the club faithful is as much a motivator for the group as the pursuit of on-field success.

"It's just a great atmosphere when you get that number of people coming out and supporting us, it's really good," Hartlett said after training.

"The way we've played over the last couple of years has brought a younger generation on board, you can see we've got quite a young squad that kids can relate to pretty well.

"It's great to see plenty of faces out here, and hopefully we can keep them smiling this year."

Hartlett believes the memories of low attendances at similar sessions two years ago is motivation enough to keep senior players pushing hard on the track and ensuring strong turn-outs at open training sessions remains the norm.

"Certainly, the drive is still there from a few years ago for us more senior players when we weren't in a great spot as a footy club, we still lean back on that to drive us forward and keep the standards intense," he said.

The extended training session is common in January, as the Power looks to take advantage of the summer heat to add as many kilometres into the legs of players as possible.

Hartlett says while the length of training sessions will reduce in February, the intensity will remain high leading into the NAB Challenge.

"We're usually on the track ... for two-and-a-half to three hours, thankfully it hasn't been too hot at this stage of the year, but January is the really high and intense month of the year.

"As we get closer to the start of the season and NAB Challenge, training will pull back a little bit, but we'll still be going fairly hard.

"The expectation and standard from Ken and the coaching staff and leadership group is that we want to train the way we play.

"If that means you have to go back and cop a hit ... that's what we do, we try to make it as game-specific as possible."

Port Adelaide will conduct a community coaching clinic at Kersbrook Oval on Tuesday afternoon at 3:00pm, and play its first internal trial on Friday 27 February.

Forward Chad Wingard poses for a photo with fans at the club's open training session. (Picture: Andrew Fuss)