1. Sprint Scotland

2. Kristian Jones Some results: Focus on Sprint and Relay
JWOC 2010 Silver Medal
EOC th Place
WOC th Place
Focus on Sprint and Relay
PhD Student – Sports Biomechanics

3. Sprint Race Analysis

4. How to improve performance?
Get better physically – Faster, Stronger, More Agile
Make fewer mistakes
Improve orienteering speed
Where can I make improvements?
How do I make those improvements?
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5. The coaching process What? Why? How?
Adapted from Franks, Goodman and Miller, 1983

6. Sources of information
Results
Overall
Split times
Map
GPS
Route drawing
Experience
Memory
Observation?

7. What is good orienteering?
Good orienteering is that which allows the athlete to complete the course in the shortest amount of time
Lots of factors affect the time the athlete will take:
Technical
Physical
Other/Random

8. What factors affect performance?

9. How to use that information?
How do you orienteer?
How do you want to orienteer?
What is your orienteering philosophy?

10. Orienteering philosophy
Good decisions
Accurate execution
Quickly!

11. Performance Analysis
“an objective way of recording performance, so that critical events can be quantified in a consistent and reliable manner. It enables... feedback that is accurate and objective.” (Hughes and Bartlett, 2008)
Objective
Relevant
Consistent

12. Objective
Training design
Clear goals
External data
Splits
GPS

13. Relevant
Orienteering process
Linked to performance

14. Consistent
Flexible
Simple

15. What can you do?

16. European Championships Sprint 2016
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17. European Championships Sprint 2014
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