Online Orienteering Get Together

Organizer: Jeff Teutsch (Host)

In this time of physical distancing and lack of orienteering the club is planning on hosting a series of online get togethers. Each of these sessions will be led by a different club member and will have a specific topic which will be used to center the discussion. These are intended to be partially informative about the topic and partially an opportunity for everyone to connect with friends they haven't been able to see this spring and chat about orienteering. No matter your level of orienteering experience and knowledge we hope you will join us and get something out of these.

This first session on Thursday April 23rd is intended as a pilot for the concept and will be led by Jeff Teutsch.

The topic will be orienteering route choice. Jeff will share his experience and insights as a course setter, 3 times junior national team coach, and ex-national team member; there will be discussion prompts throughout; and there will be some online exercises we will use to demonstrate some of the concepts.

Material
Here are a few links to material we will be discussion during the session. If you have any route choices or questions you want to bring up and you know them in advance please let Jeff know at programs@ottawaoc.ca so the map or question can be added to the list of material below.

Discussion items - course setting perspective

1. What makes a good route choice leg?
2. How does the route choice leg fits into the rest of the course?

Discussion items - from the athletes perspective

1. One vs many correct route choices
2. What should I look for to figure out the route choice leg?
3. Managing risk

Material for reference:

• Google Drive folder with maps from 2017 COC Sprint and 2019 P17 Fall Classic
• Route to O-Season Day 40
• Route to O-Season Day 39
• Route to O-Season Day 38

Joining the session
The session will be hosted on zoom. To access the meeting click on the following link (which will take you to the meeting or will download zoom for you), use the meeting ID and password, or call in with one of the following phone numbers. Please send an email to programs@ottawaoc.ca if you are interested in participating. This is not binding either way but we would like to get a sense of how many people might call in.

Time: Apr 23, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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