Ottawa Orienteering Club Training

The Ottawa Orienteering Club offers training (additional outings) to all club members:

• Running Training - Wednesday evenings - pure running training - intervals, sprints, hills, running techniques.
• Orienteering Training - Thursday evenings - an informal evening of orienteering where a variety of map and compass exercises are designed for all levels, intermediate and up.
• Special May Orienteering Training May 16-19 -The Ottawa Orienteering Club is pleased to announce that the Canadian National Team Coach Toni Louhisola will be coming to Ottawa to offer a series of training sessions to all Ottawa Club members from May 16th to 19th.
  
  Toni brings a wealth of coaching experience, including 4 years as Head Coach for the Great Britain National Orienteering Team. He is a level 3 coach certified by the Finnish Orienteering Federation. Toni was ranked top Finnish junior in 1996, and ranked in the top 20 orienteers in the world in 2004.

To participate, in either program, you must be an OOC member for the current year.

If you have questions or suggestions about the club training, please contact , or .

Training Sessions with National Team Coach

The Ottawa Orienteering Club is pleased to announce that the Canadian National Team Coach Toni Louhisola will be coming to Ottawa to offer a series of training sessions to all Ottawa Club members from May 16th to 19th.

Toni brings a wealth of coaching experience, including 4 years as Head Coach for the Great Britain National Orienteering Team. He is a level 3 coach certified by the Finnish Orienteering Federation. Toni was ranked top Finnish junior in 1996, and ranked in the top 20 orienteers in the world in 2004.

The training sessions are scheduled as follows:

OOC members are welcome to participate in all the training sessions or select à la carte. The cost for all the sessions is $30.00 and individual sessions are $10.00 each.

Click here for a map with all training locations.

Running Training

This weekly running training session on Wednesday nights is open to all members. The intent is to improve the running speed and fitness of our elite runners and juniors, but the session is open for everyone who is interested in a running work-out.

Although the intent is pure running training such as intervals, hill sprints, running technique, etc. there are often simple technique exercises incorporated in the workouts. Many of the sessions are done with a map in hand, or some exercise forcing you to think orienteering while running. The training is led by our coach extraordinaire, Francis Kawam who is a certified track running coach and is excellent at setting goals and exercises for all levels.

These sessions are at 6pm at Frank Ryan Park, corner of Dundee Ave and Henley Street just south of the Carling/Richmond Road intersection. The group starts from here and often leaves to other venues by 6:15.

Everyone is welcome! Please make every effort to arrive on time.

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O-technique training

These events provide an opportunity to practice basic and advanced techniques and build your confidence. If you are comfortable on the intermediate courses, this map and compass training on orienteering specific skills is for you. Each evening will focus on a particular skill and will have execises for the long advanced runner that can be scaled down to suit the individual. They are informal evenings with no timing, often only ribbons put out, and each individual can tackle as much of the course as he or she chooses.

Who : Intermediate and Advanced level orienteers of all ages, juniors and seniors. It is not recommended for novice orienteers.

When : Training sessions Thursday nights at 6:00pm-8:00pm from April 4 - June 13. 2013, 8 weeks. Please make every effort to arrive on time.

Cost : $30.00 for registration to cover map printing - or $5 per session. Please print and fill the registration and waiver and bring it with registration fee to the first session.

Goal : Improve the orienteering skills of club members at all levels.

What to bring : A plastic map bag from an earlier meet as well as all orienteering gear including SI dibble if you have one. SI will not likely be used but may be so be prepared.

Schedule :

Note: the exact meeting locations of many are not yet confirmed. Be sure to check back.