Morabito, 18, arrived at Fremantle with pick No.4 in November's NAB AFL Draft, while Ballantyne was a mature-age recruit at the end of the 2008 season.
The 22-year-old Ballantyne lobbed at Fremantle Oval with a complicated wrist injury, limiting his first pre-season to running laps.
He's taken on Morabito, a fellow product of WAFL club Peel Thunder, as a housemate and the two friends are enjoying the early stages of their first full pre-season programs.
"Obviously when you get here it's a pretty big shock, seeing how much training [there is] - you're here from seven till five most days," Morabito said from Fremantle Oval on Friday.
"The intensity lifts up another level, so we're just being eased into it - we're doing about 70 per cent of the sessions.
"Hopefully we can do our rehab properly so we can back up the days, which is something we need to learn."
Morabito said his post-draft screenings had shown a clean bill of health so far and he was now working on his fitness base before being thrown into full pre-season training.
For Ballantyne, who spent his first three months at Fremantle Oval with his wrist in a cast, his fitness has already gone to a new level.
"Last year I didn't train until after Christmas, so I'm definitely feeling a lot fitter than I did last year," he said.
"You can run as many laps as you want, but once you get out there and cop a few hits it takes the wind out of you.
"So I know what the fitness levels are for AFL now, and to get to there is pretty tough, but I'm on the way."
Ballantyne still managed eight games in his debut season off a limited preparation and he said he was hopeful a full pre-season would boost his form in 2010.
"Pre-season's one of the biggest things for footy, just getting that fitness base up," he said.
"If you do a full pre-season it boosts your chances of getting a game.
"Once you play a few games you get our confidence up and get on a bit of a roll. I didn't really get the opportunity to do that last year.
"I think this year hopefully I'll have a bit more of an impact, at whatever level I play."
Morabito, who was allocated jumper No.2 on Friday, said moving in with Ballantyne had come with its benefits as he adjusts to life as a professional footballer.
"I've got someone there who's in the same position and someone I can learn a lot off," Morabito said. "He's been in the system a year and he knows what to do and what not to do.
"Just when you go home you've got someone to talk to who's in the same position."
