Lakeland Orienteering Club

Coaching

Last updated: Mon 10 Mar 2025

Coaching in orienteering is no different to any other sport, where people are asked to question their technique. Specifically in orienteering to question their ideas about how they navigate.
There is no single correct way to orienteer.

Members will use a subset of the available techniques to create their own individual style.

In order to become more efficient in navigation then each person may try new skills and techniques, but these may be different for each individual.

Being coached raises the bar in terms of your understanding of the sport.

Coaching is about helping members who want to improve their orienteering technique but are not sure how.

In 2025 there will be a number of coaching sessions - usually on Saturdays. These are open to ALL abilities include families progressing from the 'Family Days'. Look out for details on the front page EVENTS panel

Carol McNeill - Temporary Coaching co-ordinator. crlmcneill at gmail.com


The following videos are entertaining and educational.

They are part of the GET OUT AND GO series.

1. Getting Started

2. Getting Going

3. Getting Confident

4. Getting Faster

and others

Orienteering for Beginners

The Map

Running Wild

The following is a link to South London OC (SLOW) who have this video list

SLOW Video List

Control Descriptions

Control descriptions

try this quiz

IOF control descriptions quiz 2018


Photo of Family Training Day at Fell Foot Oct 2022
Photo of Family Training Day at Fell Foot Oct 2022