Head-up training

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Orienteering Exercise: Head-up training

Key information
Exercise Type: Simplification, Flow, Terrain memory
Target Level: Elite level, Junior level, Intermediate level
Intensity: Low, Medium, High
Preparation time: Less than 5 minutes
OCAD Required: No
Min participants: 1

Take a normal course and run it. However, instead of actually going to the control, just go to a spot where you can see the control (or the feature if there aren't markers put out).

Aim: Training form in order to keep your head up and look far ahead in the terrain.
Variants: NA
Aids: No technical aids required.
Terrain:
Preparations: Draw a normal course - or let someone draw the course for you.
Tips:
Examples: This is an example from Okansas - http://okansas.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html . The example - which is hypothetical - shows the route as a dashed line. The small circles are the points where the runner would be sure to see the feature.
Image Head-up training.png Take a normal course and run it. However, instead of actually going to the control, just go to a spot where you can see the control (or the feature if there aren't markers put out).

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