Fredo’s Coaching Corner In the lead up to the Melbourne Sprint Weekend, Fredo put on some Sprint training sessions to get Victorians ready for the big event. Fredo also provided some advice on preparing for a sprint race, plus outlined the Sprint Golden Rules.
2) PLAN ahead all the time - Where I want to go - What I want to see - Simplify (use big features, buildings…)
In the week leading up to your sprint event remember to look at your maps from previous events; ideally recent events, ~3 very successful ones and ~3 races that didn’t go as well as expected. You can try to look at what you did well or not and why that was the case. You could pick 3 good things + 3 bad things. For your upcoming event, try to visualize yourself doing the right things and being successful, accepting all kind of situation and disturbances…
(The idea is to always keep orienteering in front, then RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN ORIENTEER) 3) Look up - And see what’s coming next, the next turn… - Thumb & orientate the map - To keep contact - Read map efficiently - Go to the right control, places
And a reminder of some of the “Sprint Golden rules”:
By Fredo Tranchand
1) Read the entire leg - To see all the passages - Avoid any potential obstacles
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