Tag: coaching

As the Jamie Stevenson Trophy hosts the presentation of the Young Orienteer of the Year Award this Sunday, it’s time to remind everyone of just how much young people are doing for our sport.  Back in Nov 2022, we hatched a plan to recognise the contribution that our juniors make and to train them to fulfil those roles effectively – the Young Leader scheme was reborn.  We envisaged 3 roles – coaching, planning and organising and designed courses and club experience logs. 

Over the past few weeks Scottish Orienteering has been busy in Dundee. With the support of coach Matthew Clark (KFO) and volunteers from Tayside Orienteering Club (TAY) we have been running a series of family coaching sessions at Balgay Park, Dundee. 

The SOA team are delighted to welcome you all to a Volunteer’s Day to be held at Glenmore Lodge on Sunday 2^nd June.  There will be a variety of workshops to cater for different interests and a chance to socialise before and after.  We are extremely lucky to have our sportscotland national trainers delivering two first class workshops designed to enhance volunteer management.

A volunteer day is taking place in the glorious surroundings of Glenmore Lodge on Sunday 2nd June (note revised date)

Would you like to help others to improve their orienteering? This spring, Scottish Orienteering has several courses available to teach you to use your skills and experience in orienteering to help and encourage others. Read on for what we have available.

One of the main skills we use when orienteering is planning.  To allow you to plan for the year ahead and develop your skills we have drawn together a list of the coaching and volunteer training opportunities for the year ahead.  To avoid disappointment, get them in your diary now!

Sign up forms can be found on the SOA Website and will be advertised in due course or contact suzanne@scottish-orienteering.org for more details.

Volunteer Day

The subject of last week’s Community Conversation was ‘Coaching Culture’.   Many thanks to all those who came along and shared their ideas.  The first question that was raised was, ‘How do we get more people to come along to coaching/training sessions?’

Monday 6th November 7.30 – 8.30

This online discussion chaired by Suzanne, our Coaching and Volunteer Officer,  aims to allow clubs who feel they have a strong coaching culture to share their experiences and the secrets of their success with others  and encourage conversations around the topics of how we foster a good coaching culture.  We are looking to listen to everyone’s ideas and needs and share good practice.

If you wish to be a part of this conversation, please register using the form. We are also looking for clubs who feel they have a success story to share, to give a short presentation summarising the key contributory factors in their achievements. Please contact suzanne@scottish-orienteering.org if you are able to help.

Please register by Sunday evening as a zoom link will be sent out on Monday to all those registered.

A long-awaited Coach CPD day was held at Kinnoull Hill near Perth on Saturday.  Ten coaches from 6 clubs spent a very productive day trying out exercises in the woods and exchanging ideas centred around maintaining interest at TD1 & 2. The ideas flowed thick and fast and we all learned a lot.

The Sprint Scotland event in Alloa last weekend saw the presentation of the President’s Medal and the Young Orienteer of the Year awards by SOA President, Richard Oxlade.