okansas.blogspot.com Occassional thoughts about orienteering
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Some thoughts about sprint orienteering
What kind of problems do course setters give you in sprint orienteering?
What does it take to qualify for a final at a sprint WOC?
What would a sprint specialist do that other orienteers don't?
What special techniques do you need to be a good sprint orienteer?
I was thinking about sprint orienteering after looking at the men's and women's Euro Champs sprint maps. By the way, look how much of the two courses is the same. That's something you don't usually see at championship events.
To me the development of sprint orienteering is interesting. I think I find it interesting because it is new. The discipline is new enough that there isn't a strong "conventional wisdom" (or if there is, I don't know what the conventional wisdom is). As a new discipline, there is probably a lot of room for growth.
