Leistungsdiagnostik im Orientierungslauf unter Berücksichtigung kognitiver und ­physischer Aspekte

Abstract

The diagnostic protocol presented here allows orienteers to compare themselves to others in the sample and to analyse the proportion of physical and technical skills in their overall performance. In order to test the protocol 3 female and ­ 11 male leisure athletes completed two short orienteering courses, one with four control points (distance 0.80 km, al­titude 5 m) and one with eight (distance 1.95 km, alti­tude 40 m). The average running time was 6 min and 40 sec (± 2 min 18 sec) on the short and 17 min 36 sec (5 min ± 1 sec) on the long course when orienteering. After courses were marked with the optimum route running times decreased, as expected, to 3 min 45 sec (± 48 sec) on the short and 9 min 21 sec (± 1 min 19 sec) on the long course. Analysis showed that the athletes were 77% slower on the short and 88% slower on the long course respectively when orienteering compared to when following marked route. Differences between orienteering and following the set route were highly significant (p < 0.01). Heart rate was 170 ± 9 beats per minute (bpm) on the long course when orienteering versus 179 ± 7 bpm when following the set route and this difference was highly significant (p < 0.01). On the short course heart rate was 167 ± 9 bpm when orienteering versus 178 ± 8 bpm when following the set route and this difference was not significant (p = 0.24). On both courses, heart rate was nearly 10 beats lower when orienteering. The protocol not only allows orienteers to position themselves in the test population amongst good runners or navigators, it can also help to modify the training emphasis.