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| # Posted 2008-05-26 21:19:06 | |
| Rosco: | have you decided that you don't need any technical training any more?!? |
| # Posted 2008-05-26 22:15:18 | |
| bradc: | No - I just thought that I was being particularly negative, even for me!
I have a committee meeting tonight and I think I'll be raising the idea of offering training/advice for duffers like me who came to the sport as adults without any history of junior training whatsoever - and have thus bypassed all the technical stuff. People who are likely to give it up because they're fed up not being able to orienteer anywhere near as fast as they can run. Newbie adult retention! How best to go about it, though? Certainly some 1-to-1, some direct analysis of what we're doing wrong (everything?!)... maybe a buddy system? Hm... |
| # Posted 2008-05-27 15:20:26 | |
| Rosco: | Yeah I think we need to work on that. Doug is a classic case. And it would seem now so is Elle....;) Also, as our physical training is going well and we get faster poor technique gets found out. The first step is skills analysis... |
| # Posted 2008-05-27 15:22:14 | |
| forest grump: | Just do what I do and don't train so much....!!!! |
| # Posted 2008-05-27 15:27:34 | |
| bradc: | Oh oh, it has been decided - I shall be instigating a new programme of adult coaching for FVO. Time to take on some advice from the professionals... actually I'm dead motivated to get something up and running. Informal and friendly, easy to jump into and out of, with minimal pressure on trainer and trainee alike. Brainstorming suggestions, please - perhaps by e-mail rather than here! |
| # Posted 2008-05-28 18:29:04 | |
| caspian: | Just what I need too - except perhaps for chasing sprints, where the most important skill is to be able to spot the trustworthy navigators from amongst the pack as it scatters. I can offer training in this, if people are interested - worked out a few tricks at the JOK, e.g. don't follow people who aren't looking at their maps; don't waste much time looking at your own; have a good laugh if anyone seems to be following you. |
| # Posted 2008-05-29 04:02:29 | |
| bradc: | I find that adopting a 'race face' also has a positive effect. Sort of like the "oh dear, an angry wildcat appears to have leapt into my pants" face, not a "I really enjoyed that sixth pint of creme de menthe" face. Although a full-on chunder face isn't bad either. In fact it's the one area of my O skills that I can positively say doesn't need much work. I have the black eye to prove it. |
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