A. Meet Director Training
Audience: Anyone wanting to learn more about course setting or any of the steps taken to host a meet, plus all 2015 meet directors
When: Wednesday, April 22, 2015; 6 to 8:30 pm
Where: Billman home – 9700 Prospect Drive, Anchorage
Special enticement: Dinner (pizza) and beverages!!
RSVP to Anne Billman, 345-1749 or dnabillman@alaska.net
B. Intro to Orienteering
Instruction will be offered once per month at regular summer meets
- April 29 – APU
- May 20 – Earthquake Park
- June 17 – Far North Bicentennial Park, Mile 2.2 of Campbell Airstrip Road
- July 8 – Ruth Arcand Park
- August 5 – UAA
Instruction (outdoors) from 5:30 to 6 pm – then questions, register for a course, and go orienteering for 30-60 minutes
Bring: good walking shoes, long pants, other clothes to keep you warm or cool and dry during instruction and orienteering, small pack or pockets for your valuables, bug dope, a whistle
Optional gear: pepper spray, water, snacks, compass
Questions, or if you think you’ll want someone to accompany you or your group, call Anne Billman 345-1749 or dnabillman@alaska.net
C. Introduction to Using a Compass for Orienteering
Same format as the Intro to Orienteering: 5:30 to 6 pm, outdoors, then test your new skills
- May 27 – Far North Bicentennial Park
Bring a compass if you have one, or borrow one there
Questions? Call Anne Billman 345-1749 or dnabillman@alaska.net
D. Learn by Teaching Others
There’s no better way to solidify what you know than to teach it to others! You don’t need to be an expert to teach beginners. Call Anne Billman to discuss opportunities. 345-1749 or dnabillman@alaska.net
- Teach or help with the Intro to Orienteering instruction. We will be keeping it simple! Course outline, materials, and support are provided. Dates above. Looking for volunteers to lead instruction on April 29, July 8, Aug 5. Looking volunteers to circulate among instructees during class to help – all dates, especially April 29. Then, go do your own course, or accompany a beginner for a while.
- Accompany a newcomer on all or part of his/her course. We would like to have several people available after each instruction to help newcomers get started on the right (or left) foot. There is time to do your own course beforehand.
- Teach the Intro to Compass course
- Set up an intermediate-level training exercise. This could be done at any meet or as a stand-alone event, especially in July. We have lots of ideas, and you probably have some, too. Examples: set up a pace-counting exercise; teach about ‘flow’ through a control; teach about handrails, catching features, reorienteering yourself, coarse-scale vs fine-scale navigation; do some armchair orienteering exercises; ‘shadow’ an intermediate orienteer that want to take it to the next level. Curious? Enthusiastic? Again, limited expertise is needed.
- Help at a meet. Many tasks are simple. There is typically opportunity to do a course yourself at the same meet.
E. Intermediate-Level Training Exercises
Stand by for details…
Offer to host one! See #4 above.
Call Anne Billman 345-1749 or dnabillman@alaska.net