Discovering Orienteering : skills, techniques, and activities / Orienteering USA, editor ; Charles Ferguson, Robert Turbyfill, authors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to orienteering -- Fitness, nutrition, equipment, and safety -- Map and compass -- Navigational skills -- Techniques -- Processes -- Ethics, integrity, and rules -- Preparing before an event -- Getting ready to start your course -- Running the course.

Discovering Orienteering : Skills, techniques, and activities helps you learn the basics of the sport. Discovering Orienteering distills the sport into easy-to-remember skills, techniques, and processes that are reinforced through more than 60 learning activities. Several chapters offer strategies for moving beyond the basics and preparing to compete in an orienteering event. Developed in conjunction with Orienteering USA (OUSA), Discovering Orienteering addresses the methods, techniques, and types of orienteering commonly found throughout the UNited States and Canada. In addition the basics of orienteering, you'll learn fitness, nutrition, and safety guidelines and how to prepare for and compete in an orienteering event. Also outlines are orienteering tools, equipment, ethics, and rules, including the appropriate use of special equipment. Authors Ferguson and Turbyfill offer their expertise as coaches, competitors, and educators in providing a systematic approach to teaching and coaching orienteering. Physical education teachers, recreation and youth leaders, and orienteering coaches will find an array of skill-building activities plus an introduction to physical training and coaching techniques. Ready for a workout for the mind and body? DIscovering Orienteering can help you find your way to a new sport, develop your navigational skills, and learn a new way to get fit and stay safe in the great outdoors.