JARRYD Roughead continues to recover steadily from a ruptured Achilles tendon, but Hawthorn says it will not set a target date for his return to the playing field.

The key forward ran 100m sprints and practised his kicking during the Hawks' open training at the Ricoh Centre on Friday morning.

Assistant coach Leon Cameron said Roughead was "tracking along all right", but wouldn't be rushed.

"We haven't set any dates on him, and we're not putting any pressure on him," Cameron told hawthornfc.com.au.

"It's a progression - his body and his injury will lead us to where he goes."

Key backman Stephen Gilham, who suffered a season-ending knee injury against St Kilda in round eight last year, completed the entire session, which included full ground contested ball movement.

Cameron said the club would still be "mindful" of Gilham's workload, but was pleased with his progress.

"He's probably doing about 90 per cent of our program at the moment," he said.

"He's worked his absolute butt off in his rehab, in his gym work, in his strength and his running, and it's a credit to him.

"It's great to see him out there, bit by bit doing more.

"Drill by drill he keeps adding to it, and he had another good day today."

Chance Bateman and Brendan Whitecross bypassed the main part of the session in favour of sprint work, but Cameron said the pair's pre-seasons were on target.

"They sort of had a couple of little hiccups just before Christmas, but we'd expect those two boys to be nearly training fully by the end of next week," Cameron said.

"It was just minor.

"With Bateman, he's coming into his 11th season.

"Each player on our list has a certain amount of pre-season that they've got to complete, and he's been completing a fair amount.

"So we might throw him in for one week and then pull him out for another.

"We do it with our younger players as well.

"Each player's different and has their own individual program that they'll follow."

Despite the Hawks' strong squad, Cameron said fans could still expect to see new faces being given opportunities.

"There's normally one or two players who step up every year and say, 'I'm going to take this spot', and that's fantastic because it creates so much competitive spirit among the group," he said.

"There's no doubt that sides that have success have an enormous amount of depth, and we're really happy with where we're at in terms of our list."

Hawthorn will play a full-scale intra-club practice match in Launceston at the end of its Australia Post Community Camp in Tasmania, which runs from February 7-9.

Mark Macgugan covers Hawks news for afl.com.au and hawthornfc.com.au. Follow him on Twitter: @mmacgugan.