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Beginners Guide


The Coaching Team

Head Coach Tania Wimberley
Tania has been involved in orienteering for the last 13 years , has represented South Africa at international level on several occasions and is a multiple holder of various ladies Open Championship titles. She has attended various coaching clinics provided by International Orienteers and began providing regular coaching sessions to RACO members in 2009. Tania is a member of the SAOF National Coaching commission and  the architect of the  YOC skills quest , a learning system focussed on the youth . More recently she created and co presented the first SAOF teachers training course-aimed at high school children.
                        
Assistant Coach Zoe Brentano
Zoe is the current W20 SA champ and has represented SA at the Junior World Orienteering Champs on two occasions. She is currently a member of the SA Senior National High Performance Squad . She began orienteering 8 years ago and has been privileged to participate in various national training camps, both locally and abroad. Fresh from attending both of the SAOF teachers and mapping courses Zoe’s recent appointment to the RACO coaching team has been greeted with enthusiasm by the RACO committee. She is the perfect addition to the coaching team.
 
Newcomer Guides
Having only been orienteering for a year now, Meg and Jen are the perfect friends to accompany you on your first course. They know what its like to be a beginner, and with the guidance they have been receiving from their participation in the YOC skills quest, they have the tools to set you on the road to completing your first event. They are waiting to find you at your first event - so please feel free to seek them out or email Tania (the Coach) so we can pre-arrange a meeting time.

Coaching News

RACO hosts regular practical training sessions where beginners learn vital skills and experienced orienteers refine theirs.

Next training dates:

Urban Training:

When: Saturday 25 February 2012

Time: 15:00

Venue: School in the northern Suburb. Information provide upon RSVP.

The training will be based around Map symbols and basic navigation. Anyone wishing to freshen up on their skills or gain insight into the world of Orienteering can send queries or RSVP to Zoe (refer to Contact Details). New comers and schools league runners are also welcome.

Non-urban Training:

When: Saturday 3 March 2012

Time: 09:00

Venue: Park in the northern Suburb. Information provide upon RSVP.

The training will be based around Contours and Compass navigation. Anyone wishing to freshen up on their skills or gain insight into the world of Orienteering can send queries or RSVP to Zoe (refer to Contact Details). New comers and schools league runners are also welcome.

Contact Details:

For further details email: coach@racorienteers.co.za Or phone Zoe on 082 961 1253 or Tania on 082 902 6097

Training Archive

September training sessions

On 3 September 2011 we held an arm chair training session which focussed on understanding and interpreting contours and how to build this into your navigation strategy.

We held our 18 September training session is some nice technical colour coded terrain. Paul planned two courses, one for those currently doing a green course level and upwards, and a second one for those that are still doing light green. Each group was assigned their own coach to guide them through the session. The first part of each course was a window exercise with the area between controls blanked out. Good execution of compass work and pacing got you safely to a control. The second part of each course focussed on detailed contour reading, building on the theory of the previous week. People surprised themselves growing in confidence as each control was successfully found. The session was good preparation for those competing in the SA champs and whilst the newcomers to orienteering walked away with some valuable tools to use at their next event.

Pointers from the 2 July session – Attack Points/Catching Features & Line course:

1.     Always start with the map set correctly, and in the direction of travel.

2.     Use a compass to help set the map if there are not enough features to use for alignment.

3.     Plan each route choice to have an easily identifiable attack point that you will go quickly to and from where you will then try find the control

4.     Have a catching feature, either to the right, left or behind the control. This is to ensure that you do not run too far away from the control.

5.     Be mindful of the map scale, & distance to the attack point, as well as the distance from the attack point to the control.

6.     Identify important features along the route. I.e. know if you need to go left of a boulder cluster, or over an earth wall.

7.     Know your direction from the attack point to the control – use a compass if unsure & if there are no features to guide you.


Take home tips from 16 July session - Relocation:

1.   Stop as soon as contact is lost with the map. This is to prevent aimless wandering around, & ultimately loss of time

2.   Ensure that the map is set correctly using your compass to ensure its aligned with north

3.   Look for physical features around you that you can easily identified on a map, such as a stream road junction.

4.   Always try to use a combination of physical relate the map to the ground. E.g. there could be several significant trees, so took for the one next to a bush or bolder cluster


     5.   When considering the significant features around you try      visualise how they would look on the map

6. Confirm your location by testing your theory, before continuing. E.g. if you go 50m to the west you will come to a clearing.

7.   If all else fails, return to the previous control, or last known point on the map, and relocate from there.

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