Coaching
Orienteering is a unique individual challenge. We are all on our independent journeys to navigational excellence and, as in a race, we all share the same start point. We all once picked up a map for the first time, stepped out into the forest, and tried to navigate around a course. This pag...
News & Blog Posts - Coaching, Training, Race-review
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News Items
ISOM2017 Mapping Changes for NZ Orienteering – Mappers Resources Published - The ONZ Mapping Committee have prepared two information summaries for NZ Orienteers and Mappers on the new ISOM2017 mapping specification changes.
Mapping Changes For NZ Orienteers – June 2017 - The IOF has agreed a new mapping specification for standard orienteering events. Over the next few years you will run on a mixture of old (ISOM 2000) and new (ISOM 2017) mapping. The organisers will make it clear what you are going to get. 
Vacancy: Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) 2017 Coach - Applications are invited for the vacancy of NZ JWOC 2017 Coach. Applications close 1 May 2017.
High Performance News #26 – February 2017 - Southern O Week provides plenty to put in the February HP News - it doubled as the first round of the SuperSeries and was followed by a successful, HP camp.
MTB Adventure Quest 2017 – The Biggest Yet With Over 220 Competitors - Orienteering Bay of Plenty (OBOP) was blown away by the number of competitors at this year’s MTB Adventure Quest.
High Performance News #23 – November 2016 - Although orienteering activity has been somewhat scarce during November there has been a lot going on behind the scenes. This includes putting together as far as possible details of training camps in the first half of the year, organizing dates for trials for various teams, and an entertaining weekend of having various members of the HP Squads test running courses for WMOC2017 in Woodhill Forest. Vacancy: Pre-JWOC Training Coach 2017 - The role is to assist with athlete training and preparation of the 2017 NZ representative team at JWOC. Full details available in position description.
Invitation to Year 5-8 Orienteers Training Camp 17-22 December 2016 - Orienteering coaches include four Danish junior elites who have experience of coaching this age group at training camps in Denmark. High Performance News #22 October 2016 - The highlight of October without a doubt has been Tim Robertson’s performance in coming 4th in the final race of the 2016 IOF World Cup, leaving him in 16th place overall in the series. However, October has also seen a highly successful Alpine O Weekend in the high country of Craigieburn, and considerable progress in planning for 2017. The later includes finalising the 2017 High Performance Squads, venues for various trials, and proposals for a HP camp.
High Performance News #21 September 2016 - Time for thoughts about where we currently are at and what changes/modifications to we need to make to both the High Performance plan and how we generally approach HP orienteering in New Zealand. Congratulations to the Schools’ Team for some excellent results this week in the Australian Schools Championships.Read all news tagged "Coaching"
Blog Posts
JWOC2017 Blog – European Youth Orienteering Champs in Slovakia - As part of their JWOC campaign, Jenna Tidswell, Danielle Goodall and Katie Cory-Wright have been competing in the European Youth Orienteering Champs in Slovakia this weekend. ONZ Mapping Committee – Advice to Mappers for Changes to our Maps - Advice for NZ mappers regarding the changeover to the new IOF ISOM2017 mapping specification for standard orienteering events.
Gene Beveridge Blog – First Jukola Run Down - After many years of waiting, I have finally experienced the Jukola mass start. This outrageously big race has never been at the right time of the year for me to compete in, but with WOC earlier than usual this year the opportunity arose.
Gene Beveridge Blog – European Campaign for 2017 - Here I am on the eve of my first Jukola surrounded by orienteering in another European summer. 
Oceania & World Masters Games 2017 – Orienteering Highlight Video (Simon Rouse) - Simon Rouse shares his video highlight real from his time at the New Zealand Orienteering Carnival 2017 - featuring Oceania 2017, Middle Earth, and the World Masters Games 2017 Orienteering Championships.
Gene Beveridge Blog – 3 Out Of 3 - Gene Beveridge reflects on winning his A-goal race, Oceania Orienteering Champs Long Distance.
Oceania Orienteering Championships summary (IOF News) - The Oceania Orienteering Championships 2017 took place 14-17 April in Auckland, New Zealand. Despite the severe weather conditions in the area, the competitions could go ahead as planned, and the Oceanian orienteers battled it out for titles in Sprint, Middle, Long and Relay.
IOF: In depth with GPS-analysis - Elite orienteers use it. Ordinary orienteers use it. GPS-tracking. Analysing your race with help from GPS has become common practice. Tools like QuickRoute and Livelox make it very easy to spend time on orienteering long after you return from the forest.
Video: How Parents Can Prepare and Support Talented Young Athletes - Dr Camilla Knight talks about the support of parents of talented young athletes. The focus for young people at competitions is to enjoy it and perform to the best of their ability. Parents are important before and after training and competitions to offer support and help their child, reviewing with them what it going well and things they may want to work on. 
Video: Hector Haines (British Orienteering) – Parents Role in Orienteering - British Orienteering shared a series of 4 short video clips of Hector Haines (GBR) talking about how his parents helped him get into orienteering and some advice for parents of young orienteers. Read all news and blog posts tagged "Coaching"
