News Archive: Articles
TURF! What is it all about?
Find out about Turf from our zone maker for Scotland, Kingslayer! (This article appeared in the September 2020 issue of Capital-O.)
Turf, an outdoor addictionOutdoor Addiction
This article, by Crawford Lindsay, gives an introduction to Turf. It appeared in the May 2020 issue of Capital-O.
Coaching & Training 5: Green, Blue, Brown, Black courses
This article describes courses at Technical Difficulty 5 (TD 5), starting with relocation, a key skill for courses at TD 5, before explaining other TD 5 challenges.
Coaching & Training 1 - 4: Review
This article reviews the topics covered in the Coaching & Training articles 1 to 4.
Coaching & Training 4: the Light Green course
This article describes coaching and training for Light Green courses, the next stage on the way to Green and above. There are useful suggestions here for more experienced orienteers too.
Coaching & Training 3: the Orange course
This article describes coaching and training for Orange courses, the first part of the transition from White and Yellow courses to Green and above. As in the previous articles, there are useful suggestions here for more experienced orienteers too.
Coaching & Training 2: White and Yellow courses
This article discusses coaching and training for White and Yellow courses. There are useful ideas here for more experienced orienteers too.
Coaching & Training 1: An Introduction
This article explains how you might improve your orienteering through coaching and training, by yourself (so-called self-coaching), with a friend, or with a coach. In this introduction a distinction is made between coaching and training, and we look at the Step System as a framework for progressing
ESOC in CompassSport
The October issue of CompassSport magazine includes an article about some of ESOC's recent activities.
Articles
Introduction to this category.
Doctor-O: Problem 5
I have been following your advice and want to step up from local events to events in the South of Scotland Orienteering League (SoSOL). On the day of such competitions, what should I do to prepare for success once I arrive at the event and in the three boxes at the start?
Doctor-O: Problem 4
Can you suggest how I can improve my recall / interpretation of control descriptions? I can get confused between them and features on maps.
Doctor-O: Problem 3
I am trying to follow coaches' advice and work my way through to more difficult levels of courses. This means that I can panic and forget all the things I should be trying to do and, on occasion, I have been completely lost. Is it permissible to carry a crib sheet while competing? If so, what sho
Doctor-O : Problem 2
I find it very hard to find controls in forests, particularly boggy forests. I find them featureless and it's hard to maintain a bearing, so I often get completely confused (and at times have been lost). What can I do to stop this happening?
Doctor-O: Problem 1
I am neither a great runner nor interpreter of maps. Which should I try to improve first, and why?