Coaching Support
British Orienteering encourages qualified coaches to keep up to date with the latest developments in sports science, nutrition and coaching principles and practices. Use the links below to search for information related to your areas of interest.
Details of the Coaching Committee minutes can be found here.
Coaching Day
Coaching Days in 2010
There are 2 coaching days arranged for 2010. The first in Stockhil on 24th April 2010 and the second on the west side of Graythwaite on 15th May 2010
Stockhill
This will be planned by Mark Saunders on the 24th April 2010, prior to the Mike Nelson BOK Trot Regional event on Wavering Down.
Clubs
The application form for clubs for the forthcoming ‘Coaching Day’ at Stockhill can be found here. Applications from licensed coaches for Club and Association groups are welcome.
Members
The Coaching Day is also open to members. This is a great opportunity for individual members to apply to attend the day, experienced coaches will be leading the sessions and giving individual personal coaching. The application form can be found here.
Graythwaite
This will be planned by Carol McNeill on the west part of Graythwaite, the detailed oak woodlands which should be in leaf but still fast underfoot conditions; the best time of year to orienteer in the Lakes. The Coaching Day is prior to the LOC event on the new map of Pike O’Blisco.
Clubs
The application form for clubs for the forthcoming ‘Coaching Day’ at Graythwaite can be found here. Applications from licensed coaches for Club and Association groups are welcome.
Members
The Coaching Day is also open to members. This is a great opportunity for individual members to apply to attend the day, experienced coaches will be leading the sessions and giving individual personal coaching. The application form can be found here.
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Coaching Safety
Safety is a key aspect of your training.
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Registering a Coaching Activities
Coaching Acivities must be registered with British Orienteering to be insured. Please contact your Club Fixtures Secretary.
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Coaching Logbook
The Coaching Log Book is used to keep records of your coaching.
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Book and Resources
A selection of Books, DVD and Publicity Material is available to buy from British Orienteering.
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Coaching Kit
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Coaching - Useful Documents
Included is a collection of documents that have been presented at workshops, conferences or clinics and are a useful resource to help you improve your coaching or your personal orienteering skills. They are aimed at everyone from the complete novice, through the regular orienteer looking to brush up their skills, up to the top elites in search of new training ideas and inspiration.
General Coaching Information:
Newsletters
Useful Documents from past Coaching Conferences
2008 Conference:
2007 Conference:
2006 Conference:
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People to Offer Support
When you want support you have a variety of people to turn to:
- If your query is about orienteering courses, First Aid courses, local support or regional matters please contact your Regional Coaching Representative:
Region |
Representative |
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Scotland |
Sarah Dunn |
Email |
Yorks & Humberside |
Nev Myers |
Email |
North West England |
Jon Carberry |
Email |
North East England |
Linda Thornton |
Email |
West Midlands |
Cath Williams |
Email |
East Midlands |
Hilary Palmer |
Email |
Wales |
Mark Saunders |
Email |
East Anglia |
Ursula Oxburgh |
Email |
South West England |
Christine Vince |
Email |
South Central England |
Dave Rogers |
Email |
South East England |
Don McKerrow |
Email |
Northern Ireland |
Raymond Finlay |
Email |
If your query is related to information about the awards or about the administration of your Coach Award or License to Coach please contact the British Orienteering Coaching Department by email.
 Also of interest to you might be Sports coach UK. They deliver 2 series of workshops; the 5 'Coaching Essential' workshops are targeted at those with little or no coaching experience whilst the 20 'Develop your Coaching' workshops cater for coaches who want to further improve their coaching skills. An introduction to the workshops and a list of them can be found here.
Other specialist support may be available from the links provided elsewhere on this page.
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Sports Medicine
Sports medicine is a multidisciplinary approach to treat injuries, to help prevent them and to instruct and prepare athletes for competition.
Orienteering is a sport where athletes do become injured and sports medicine has a significant role to play in curing and rehabilitating athletes. Interestingly, recent developments in sports medicine are now also focusing on helping athletes and coaches understand how injuries can often be prevented or at least minimised by effective training regimes. The importance of core stability is one such example where improving core stability is believed to reduce the rate of injury to runners particularly over rough terrain.
The Home Countries Institutes of Sport are the first place you should look for support as they have medical teams that understand sport and athletes. If they are unable to assist the British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine (BASEM) have lists of contacts that should be able to meet your needs.
Other sources of information about sports medicine can be found at:
- RehabMatters specialises in sports injury and orthopaedic rehabilitation and is dedicated to the prevention and management of sports injuries and musculoskeletal problems
- British Olympic Association (BOA) provides lots of advice.
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Sport Science
Many coaches recognise the benefits of having support science support for both their coaching and the individual athlete’s they work with.
What is sport science?
 "Sport and Exercise Science is the application of scientific principles to the promotion, maintenance and enhancement of sport and exercise related behaviours" (BASES, 2005). There are three branches of science that study sport; these are biomechanics, physiology and psychology. All are of interest to orienteering coaches although physiology and psychology are arguably seen as having more interest to orienteering than biomechanics.
The British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) is the UK professional body for all those with an interest in the science of sport and exercise.
British Orienteering recommends that coaches seek sport science support from BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientists. Accredited scientists work to a strict code of conduct to provide a range of sport science services.
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Other Coaching Links
Below are a link to Orienteering Club websites that have useful coaching tips. If you want a link to your club or personal website that contains similar material please send a request by email.
- CLOK - An introduction to the basic skills required on an orienteering course
- HH - A series of five skills sheets practising different techniques
- SARUM - Useful hints and tips to improve your orienteering
- SOLWAY - A detailed description of many orienteering techniques
- SWOC - A description of many intermediate and advanced navigational techniques
- WAOC - More descriptions of different techniques
- WSX - A guide to some more interesting aspects of navigation
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