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COACHING TIPS collated by Ken Thompson  

The following are a series of tips which I have gleaned from a variety of sources. Whether you are a beginner or more experienced orienteer they will hopefully help you learn new skills or revisit ones learnt long ago!! If you would like to contribute please feel free to  me. 

Hint: Try to focus on one thing to improve on at your next event. Don't forget to have a post event evaluation preferably talking through your course with someone else.

• Orienteering for Bees...so you think you have problems!!
• Orienting the map & thumbing ...keeping in touch with map
• Aiming Off....straight lining is not always the best idea!
• Attack Point .....lets call out the cavalry!
• Catching Feature....cricketers take note.
• Contouring ....keeping to one height around a hill
• Pace Counting ..keeping track of how far you have gone.