Description of / instructions for o-tervals (orienteering intervals) exercise at Orienteering.ca.
Description of / instructions for a control placing activity/game at Orienteering.ca.
Description of / instructions for a 'Poker-O' activity at Orienteering.ca with cards at each control that can be traded out. This version of the game has master maps at each control and is a map memory exercise but it can easily be done where each participant gets a map as well.
Description of / instructions for a relocation exercise at Orienteering.ca.
Description of / instructions for a route choice exercise at Orienteering.ca.
Description of / instructions for a route choice exercise at Orienteering.ca.
Description of / instructions for an orienteering exercise at Orienteering.ca designed to emphasize the use of handrails and attackpoints.
Description of / instructions for a star relay exercise at Orienteering.ca where teams have to find one control at a time and hand their SI stick or punch card to their partner between controls.
Description of / instructions for an orienteering exercise at Orienteering.ca designed to emphasize the use of handrails and attackpoints.
Description of / instructions for an orienteering exercise at Orienteering.ca whereby orienteers have to fill in a section of blank map around the controls.
"A special course is made in OCAD in which the area around the control is whited out. The runner must identify an attackpoint outside the whited out area, use the compass to get through the whited out area and into the control circle, and then orienteer accurately the last part to the control location."
"Run a course with several long/half-long legs. Before leaving a control, have your attackpoints for the leg and your route for the leg ready. Method: For each leg, divide the leg into parts by identifying your attackpoints, i.e. the points on the leg which are your safe points where you need to be 100% sure about where you are. Mark these attackpoints mentally."
"A normal course is made, but for each control, there are several other controls within the control circle. There is no code on the controls, so the runner must decide which control is the correct one by studying the map and the control description. Some kind of penalty (penalty loop running, time penalty etc.) is given for each wrong control."
"Focus on making each control easier by "prolonging the control". Prolonging the control means to find features close to the control which are wider than the feature the control is placed on, i.e. you can have a larger error in your compass course and still find the control easily. There are several variants of this training - also a theoretical exercise."
"A course is given, and for each control in the course, there is a small ring denoting the attackpoint. In the forest, the attackpoint is marked by an orienteering flag, and the real control is only mared using a piece of paper. The runner shall run with relatively high speed to the attackpoint, and then continue carefully to the control."
"Compass-training in which the legs to be run are between two roads/paths. This makes evaluation easier as you can easily measure how far you are from the control. You also avoid big mistakes / a lot of searching."
"The front runner has a white paper with only the course. The runner behind has a normal map with the same course. The front runner shall run on compass while the runner behind controls where they are. Exchange maps at each control."
"Run a course consisting of a lot of short legs with many changes in direction."
"A corridor is drawn on the map, and the runner is to be inside the corridor at all times. The difficulty of the exercise can be adjusted by varying the width of the corridor, the terrain, the intensity etc. It is best to use GPS for evaluation of the exercise."
"The map is removed in most parts of the course - only some circles of the map is left in some places. The runner must use the compass to get between the areas with details. There may/may not be map inside the control circles."
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