Adelaide coach Don Pyke has started dissecting the Club's 2018 season as he looks for ways to improve on this year’s performance.

The Crows will miss this year's finals and Pyke has pledged a thorough review into the reasons.

"We will start to now think through that ... to make sure that we give ourselves the very best chance next year to bounce back," Pyke said on Wednesday.

Adelaide's training program and any need to alter his side's game-style would be focal points of the review.

Pyke ruled out another mind-training camp, stating he would look at a more traditional physical performance camp.

"I haven't said we are going to go completely away from that space. Every club in the AFL is now looking at how do we actually help with our players' mental resilience, well-being, all those sorts of things,” he said.

"The approach we take might be different, but it will certainly be a component of our program."

The third-year coach said game-style would be his review starting point.

"In terms of the way game is now being played, the game evolves and changes so our style and system will probably be the first thing we will consider: do we need to make any tweaks to that?" Pyke said.

"Do we need to make tweaks to how we're training some of those components of our style of system?

"Do we need to make tweaks to our conditioning and strength program around that as well?

"It's a big bucket that we look at."

Pyke said the Crows would need to tailor a physical training program that avoided this season's spate of injuries which he said would result in just two or three players featuring in every game this season.

"It's something that we obviously want to make sure we don't repeat next year," he said.

"Hopefully a bit of it is luck and a bit of it is obviously our preparation, and we get that all right and we give ourselves the best chance next year."


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As for captain Taylor Walker, who will miss the remainder of the 2018 season due to suspension, Pyke said his reduced pre-season had impacted his form.

“He came into the season underdone, played some games and we had to back him away and give him a mini pre-season to get him back going,” he said.

“In fairness to Tex, he’s soldiered on really bravely under a lack of a pre-season.”

“I don’t care who you are, or how good a player you are, if you don’t get that pre-season solid base under you, the game now is too difficult, and he’s found that out.”

Pyke said he was full of admiration for what the captain had done for the team in 2018.

“I admire the care he’s shown for the team to put himself out there continually to play and lead the way he has under what’s been difficult circumstances at time for him,” he said.

He said conversations around the leadership group would take place in the pre-season.