Orienteering Books
Some useful books with advice on orienteering.
There are a number of useful books available to help improve your orienteering, here are a few suggestions.
Carol McNeill's new orienteering book.
The book covers :- Skills, Basic + Advanced Techniques, Racing, Training. Published by Crowood Press at £9.99.
Crowood Sports Guides – Orienteering By Carol McNeill
ISBN 978 – 1 – 84797 – 206 – 4
£9.99 from Crowood Press, Harvey's and other 'O' shops.
Basic skills, advanced techniques, practical information on training and
up to date input from Graham Gristwood and Pippa Archer.
Over 200 maps & photographs in full colour.
Orienteering Techniques - Gareth Bryan-Jones
SOA.New colour edition published 2006
Technical advice to help orienteers of all abilities.
A very useful booklet. This will help beginners avoid some of the pitfalls in orienteering.
Covers rough & fine orienteering techniques helping you to find the control in the shortest time.
Author: Gareth Bryan-Jones, a coach, controller and competitor since the early seventies.
Available from Compasspoint.
See the Compasspoint website for other books on orienteering + running techniques.
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