Recognize what the clue description of a control site should be. Check and be checked for accuracy, a skill known as vetting. Run a 1K course, then run the same course again. On the second run the locations of the control sites are known. The smaller the difference in elapsed time of the 1st and 2nd runs, the greater the orienteering skill demonstrated by the runner.
Small groups follows trainer running without minimal looking at the map.
When trainer stops, followers relocate using memory of what they observed on route and in surrounding terrain. Learn to follow map roughly and to use relocation skills in order to increase orienteering speed. Sunday Morning Run standard orienteering courses at local club event. This document assumes you are working with students who are currently relatively unskilled in orienteering. You will need to have a copy of the U.S. Orienteering Federation's Coaching Manual.