VIDEOS

 

 

TITLE:                      AMONG THE BEST ORIENTEERS (0150)

AUTHOR:                Orienteering Federation of Australia

PUBLISHED:            1995; Orienteering Federation of Australia; VHS, 0.5", 29'4".

Based around the 1994 World Cup events in Australia and New Zealand and the Southern Cross Junior Challenge, this video illustrates what is involved in orienteering at the highest competitive level and how young orienteers approach the challenge of progressing to this level.

KEYWORDS:           Coaching and training; International competition.

 

TITLE:                      ORIENTEERING: GOING FOR IT: PARTS THREE AND FOUR (0209)

AUTHORS:              Michael Pearson & Richard Warner (photography and production)

                                   Carol McNeill (education advisor)

                                   John Pearson (music)

PUBLISHED:            1997; Mikes-Eye Cards, Cumbria, UK; VHS, 0.5”, 27’.

Sequel to Orienteering The First Steps.  Part 3 (“Off the beaten track”) looks at orienteering techniques once you leave the tracks and other obvious handrails.  Part 4 (“Going for gold”) looks at ways to improve performance.

KEYWORDS:           Coaching and training.

 

 TITLE:                     ORIENTEERING: THE FIRST STEPS: PARTS ONE AND TWO (0152, 0176)

AUTHORS:              Michael Pearson & Richard Warner (photography, production, distribution)

                                   Carol McNeill (education consultant)

                                   John Pearson (music)

PUBLISHED:            1995; Mikes-Eye, Cumbria, UK; VHS, 0.5", 29'.

Part 1 introduces school orienteering.  Shows how a map is made, and how it relates to the features on the ground.  Emphasises setting (orienting) the map.  Follows 2 children around their course, talking their way through, and discussing route choice.  Part 2 makes the transition to bush orienteering.  Discusses the features shown on the map, explains use of handrails, setting the map, implications of scale, route choice, simplification and relocation.  Again follows 2 children around their course.

KEYWORDS:           Coaching and training; Schools and juniors.

[Note: #0152 on permanent loan to John Toomey]

 

TITLE:                      A SENSE OF DIRECTION (0088, 0162, 0163)

AUTHORS:              Peter Hicks (writer, director, producer)

                                   Peter Beilby (producer)

                                   Tom Kinkel (editor)

                                   Robin Williams (narrator)

PUBLISHED:            1985; P. Hicks Projects, Australia (c); VHS, 0.5", 56'.

Describes the preparation (mapmaking, organisation, training) for, conduct of and participation in the 11th World Orienteering Championships in Bendigo in 1985.  Includes some scenes from the Swedish O-Ringen.  Opinions of international competitors are given.  Benefits for the host country are discussed.  Well-produced and has some nice shots of orienteers in Australian bush settings.  

KEYWORDS:           International competition.

 

TITLE:                      RUNNING THE COUNTRY (0167)

AUTHORS:              Tim Lane (reporter)

                                   Brian Semple (film editor)

                                   Adrian Hughes (photographer)

                                   David Wood (executive producer)

                                   Colin Rodgers (producer/director)

PUBLISHED:            1983; Australian Broadcasting Commission; VHS, 0.5”, 28’.

Based in Canberra.  Follows 4 orienteers around their courses at an event near Bungendore: Tim Lane (first time participant), Jocelyn (regular, noncompetitive orienteer), and 2 competitive orienteers.  Shows how people come to the sport, and what they get out of it.

KEYWORDS:           Coaching and training.

 

TITLE:                      THEY DO IT IN THE BUSH (0151, 0179)

AUTHOR:                Robert J Draper (Director)

PUBLISHED:            ?1980; Draper Film. Wagga Wagga; VHS, 0.5", 28'.

Based on the 1980 Pacific Orienteering Championships (the first international event in Australia) held near Canberra.  Follows some competitors (varying ages) around their courses.  Shows what orienteering is like, what it means to different people.  Some description of techniques.

KEYWORDS:           Coaching and training; International competition.

 

TITLE:                      WHAT A CRAZY WAY TO SPEND A SUNDAY (0146)

AUTHORS:              David Plummer (editor)

                                   Margaret Haselgrove (editor, writer, producer, director)

PUBLISHED:            1988; Produced for Orienteering Association of SA with the assistance of Dept of Sport and Recreation by Media Productions in conjunction with CALS Media Unit; VHS, 0.5", 16'.

Follows 2 competitive and 2 social junior orienteers around their courses.  Relates the map to the ground and vice versa, shows the routes taken on the map (route choice) while the participants talk their way around.

KEYWORDS:           Coaching and training; Schools and juniors