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Duo Score (English)

Description
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It’s a special score race.
The controls must be done in pairs and in this order 81 to 91, 82 to 92…
Like a score race, you choose the order in which you do the controls 81 to 87.
When you reach control 82, for example, you go straight to control 92. Then you do the next 8X conrol (87 for example).

For this example, the instructions were:

  • when you go to the 8X markers, you are fluid and do not stop
  • for experienced runners, when going from control 8X to control 9X, you can “aiming off” or use an accurate bearing
  • for beginners, use mostly paths  

Alternative
You can imagine lots of different instructions and technical points to work  between the controls.

Comment
For training session, the score exercises allow the whole group to set off at the same time, avoiding runners following each other or waiting too long for their start time. 

Having “duo controls” means that this sequence of controls is compulsory, so that you can plan to work on a specific technical point.

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Nathalie Rauturier

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Target’O

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It’s all in the map… In the example, it was a score race . But you could have a classic course, a long-short route…

Alternative
– Other circles can be added, with other characteristics: only paths, aerial photo, ….
– You can also begin with the easiest circle in the middle

Comment
It’s fun to draw !

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Nathalie Rauturier

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Bubble explorer

Description
Entarînement.scorePlan a course and increase the size of the circles. The control is not in the middle of the circle. The runners can go to one or more “circles”. They must find the control by exploring the area in the circle, put it on the map and give its definition in text or in IOF symbol

Alternative
Make the bubbles a little larger and give a clue to find the control (point symbol, intersection …)

Comment 
For this exercise, the young runners should do maximum 3 circles before coming back to check that they can put the control on the map

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Nathalie Rauturier

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Fireworks

Description
feux d'artifice tout posteYou have here the all controls map and an example of course below. At each blue point, you have between 3 and 4 possible combinations. So you can make many different courses.

Go with your group to the blue point. At the given signal, “fireworks”: each runner goes on the path indicated by the purple dot on his map. We check that each runner is on the right path, and we go to the next blue point.

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Comment

  • This exercise doesn(t need to put out controls and in a group, so perfect with a group of young beginners.
  • plan many courses so that at each blue dot, the young people who find themselves on the same path are not always the same ones (otherwise they quickly understand that they do not need to think too much…)
  • In order for the blue dot to appear on all the courses, create an object in Ocad and check the box “not used in the route projects”. (OCAD 9 😉)

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Nathalie Rauturier

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Zero Stop ( English)

Description
Plan a course. The instruction is never stop running.
=> adapt your speed to be able to read your map at the same time
=> memorise as much information as possible each time you read the map
=> if you have not anticipated correctly, you continue to run near the control to decide where you are going, but you never walk

Alternative

  • you are only allowed to stop at the controls
  • you have someone behind you who counts how many times you stop.

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Nathalie Rauturier

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White as snow

Description
floconWith this exercise, bearing precision is essential. Blank areas should not be avoided, it should make you aware that you do not need to read everything on a map.

Alternative
They are endless:

  • you can do the exercise with Easter bells, with the club mascot…
  • you can use a white colour that is not totally opaque
  • you can change the size and number of stars to make it easier
  • you can also change the pattern…10498316_10155157117450541_4958623083587509574_o

Comment
It’s nice. But how can we do that ?

Steps with OCAD
– In OCAD course setting , create a colour purple (just below the course setting purple in the colour order, for the edge of the stars), colour white (just below purple in the colour order, for the inside of the stars) and blue (first in the colour order, to draw the north lines above the stars).
– Create a purple line symbol and a white surface symbol
– Find a jpeg model of a snow star on internet, put it as a template for the map
– Draw around the star with the purple line symbol
– copy/paste the resulting symbol as many times as necessary, place the stars where you want
– plan the course, adjust the placement of the stars if necessary
– fill the stars with the white area
– redraw the north lines, if necessary
– set up the page lay out

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Simon LEROY (carte LAUVCO)O

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Bubblescore

Description
BulloscoreIt’s just a score event, with some controls that can only be found by accurate bearings. Bearings can be made from different points.

Alternative
The score event can be replaced by a classic course, with some “bubbles”.

Comment
I prefer score event for training sessions, to avoid follow-up 

Contributor
Nathalie Rauturier

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North stories

Description

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The target is to learn to orientate your map with only the compass. Draw a course on paths only and put a control at each intersection.
Make a blank map and extract each leg. At each control, the runner uses the compass to orientate his map and to know which path he should take. 

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Alternative

  • boussole debutantTurn the leg extracts so that North is not always at the top of the sheet. The orientation of the map cannot be done with the route just taken
  • BOUSSOLEFollow the route alltogether. Stop in the middle of a path at each change of direction and ask which path you are on (A, B, C, D or E)

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Nathalie Rauturier

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Magic square

Description

You need to set up 9 markers (cones ?), as shown on the right.

Follow the course below on these cones following these instructions:

  • The triangle is the central cone.
  • Featured imageWhen you have made your first move, the orientation of your map is determined
  • Follow the directions indicated without taking into account the distances
  • Keep going and if you are correct, you return to the central cone, the start

File with 7 courses

Alternative

  • you can time the exercice
  • Here is another version. Be careful, the start and the finish are on the outside of the 3 by 3 square ( look at the file that shows the location of the cones). The orientation of the map is given by the start cone and the 3*3 square.
     Magic square

Comment 
It is an easy way to introduce map orientation to beginners

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Sandra Olivier (Rédaction: Nathalie Rauturier)..et Eric Brassart

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Bottleneck

Parcours avec des cônesDescription
A cone is cut out along the red line between two controls. The exercise targets the use of the compass out of the control. Depending on the leg, the runner may have to use accurate as well as rough compass bearing. The technical level will vary depending on the terrain.

Alternative
You can time the exercice to add physical commitment.

Comment

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Benoit Rauturier