West Ham United captain Matthew Upson is hoping the team's Portuguese training camp has the same effect as their recent team-bonding session.
Since spending a day clay pigeon shooting and go-karting on 17 February, the Hammers have won three matches out of three, scoring eleven goals and conceding just two.
The recent good form has taken West Ham out of the Barclays Premier League relegation zone and into the FA Cup sponsored by EON sixth round.
Upson believes three days of warm-weather training in Portugal this week can only add to the feel-good factor running through the club.
"It definitely has a value, absolutely. There's a place for it," he told West Ham TV. "If you get the time and the right scenario and the right group and get it together, there's a definite advantage in doing that with the team.
"I think we'll get some golf in, definitely. It's a big part of it. At this stage of the season everyone's been working hard and training hard for six, seven months now, so it's nice to get that mental relaxation as well as physical."
Before flying out to warmer climes, Upson was a leading figure in West Ham's convincing 3-0 league victory over Stoke City at the Boleyn Ground.
The Hammers passed the ball well and created numerous chances, while also defending superbly in the face of the Potters' trademark aerial threat.
Upson combined strongly with the re-called Manuel da Costa, while right-back James Tomkins and forwards Frederic Piquionne and Carlton Cole also put their heads in where it hurt to repel everything the visitors could kick and hurl into the home penalty area.
The success came seven days after a 3-1 home win over Liverpool, meaning Avram Grant's side recorded back-to-back successes for the first time in 2010/11 at a vital stage of the season.
"I think it was a more comfortable game [against Stoke]. I thought we dominated it most of the time and had a good tempo. We started off very well and passed the ball well. I said to the lads before that if we passed the ball well against them, we'd beat them, and we did that well.
"I was a bit surprised when their team came out and it was only [John] Carew and [Jon] Walters up front. I thought they would play [Kenwyne] Jones or one of their other bigger players as well and really put balls into the box, but I thought we dealt with it well."
Saturday's victory also saw West Ham keep their fourth clean sheet in 29 league matches. Naturally, Upson is hoping to record a few more blanks before the season is out.
"It was great to get the clean sheet, but the win was most important. Clean sheets are vital between now and the end of the season, because the more of them we can get, the better chance we give ourselves."