How to avoid the most time-consuming mistakes? - Parallel Errors explained

A link to sign up for a race analysis on January 10th is here:
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Parallel mistakes are not the most common but are the most dangerous. You hit an element that looks exactly like yours, but there's no control. What do you do then? Most people just run around in circles hoping to find the control. But smart runners will not do that. They will be prepared and they will have a plan. Let's talk more. Enjoy! :)
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** ORIENTEERING ACADEMY **
Starting from January, I'll be going forward with a course for advanced orienteering aimed at athletes of all ages that want to get better for the upcoming season and do their best at a selected competition. We will definitely do the analysis of EYOC, JWOC and WMOC, but you can choose something else as well.
Check out the details here:
** ORIENTEERING ACADEMY **
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - What is a parallel mistake and why is it important?
3:10 - Orienteering Academy and Free for all Race Analysis
4:42 - What can you do to avoid or minimize the impact of parallel errors?
9:52 - How to train to avoid these mistakes?
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My name is Tom. I've been working as a National Junior Orienteering Team coach since 2015. I've been running through countless different forests, parks and cities since 1994.
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Enjoy!

[brianjohnston]

Oh no, I missed the race analysis by one day! Did you recored it? I always enjoy your videos, especially videos like this one, which was on a skill, not too long but very informative.

[intotheforestigo]

Last chance to sign up for Orienteering Academy 2023 (open until 20th of January). Link in the description.
I remember one of my parallel mistakes to this day. I was unlucky enough to not only be on the wrong hill, but also because of the fact that this hill, similarly to a one next to it, had almost identical features which I've used to double check if I'm in the right place. Stone? Check! Erosion gully? Check! Road? Check! It was many years ago, but I remember that I've been running, and then walking around for good 15 minutes until I've finally decided to go to the nearest big road crossing and then I've realized, on my way to it, what was wrong. Easy mistake to fix, but the parallel features made it very hard for me back then.
What's your story? :)

[tnonykapka]

I like the shorter videos more because even when I want to watch long video around the 35 minute mark I start skipping