It is time to sharpen your o-skills!
Do you need an orienteering coach?
If you are eager to improve your orienteering in order to become a top elite athlete or if you just want to sharpen your o-skills to enjoy and succeed difficult terrains and courses, you came to the right place.
For the season 26-27 I will take more athletes for the personal coaching.
The victories and success in orienteering begins with bringing orienteering technique to the top level. That’s why I opened Smart Orienteering, where I teach an elite orienteering technique.
Here is what it means.
Orienteering technique is a system. Complex, logic and sequential, from the moment you take map till the finish line. It is possible to learn it, practice it, nail it and run with control and flow, as fast as your shape allows. This is the orienteering technique that makes your orienteering safe and smooth, and the technique that everyone is able to learn. The technique that not only brought me to the World Champion titles but also made my performance in orienteering very stable through many years. I competed and tested myself in 4 continents, in very specific terrains, and the system has been nailed during my 20 years of international experience. You get access to my best knowledge, prepared and structured.
There are many reasons to start working on your orienteering skills.
These are 7 questions you need to answer to understand whether you is going to benefit from orienteering technique improvement:
- you often face the situation at the competitions that you are not sure where you are and where to go
- you often feel a mess at the beginning of the course and often not sure what to do, especially when you are stressed at the important competitions
- you feel that sometimes your mistakes happens out of nowhere and your results are unpredictable
- you have a good shape, but you still lose to your rivals due to mistakes
- it is difficult for you to find where exactly you lost time and how to change it for better
- you want to have a balance between physical and technical preparation in order to reach your targets
- you want to grow in orienteering but you never thought the orienteering is a system that is possible to learn
If you noticed some of them are about you, welcome to SMART orienteering! To be a champion, learn from World Champion!
We don’t fight with mistakes, we build up your orienteering system.
I offer coaching of orienteering technique or both o-technique and physical preparation. If you want to have a balance in your preparation between physical shape and technical skills you can choose the full program coaching.
Is success in orienteering possible without working on psychology of orienteering? No. It is said that the elite level or orienteering is a competition of athlete’s psyche. Dreams, stress, expectations, pressure, excitement, fears – all of that the athletes need to handle while executing the course on the highest technical level. I have answers about emotions, dealing with pressure, and ability to perform on top level in any stressful situation.
What does the service include?
- weekly meetings analyzing your orienteering (races, trainings, etc)
- 4 meetings in a month with the possibility to increase the amount of meetings (useful during the competitions)
- personal technical trainings I prepare specially for you depending on what you need to improve in your orienteering(can be theoretical or practical or both)
- all my knowledge and all my more than 20 years experience already thought out and formed into the most effective system, “quizzed and shacked” perfectly and ready to use
- work with psychology of orienteering, racing and training
- a possibility to talk by messengers in between meetings if necessary
- my honest work. I always give you the best and most full knowledge I have
- individual plan for the physical preparation, with focus on your targets
For whom is the service?
The service is for the athletes who would like to become an elite runners and compete at the international level, aiming for the their top results.
But if you feel you need an orienteering coach just to make a step forward in improving your o-skills, don’t hesitate in writing me. Sometimes it is not the most talented who reach the best results, but those who really go for it, and those who love what they do with all the heart!
How long is the period of coaching?
Personal coaching is a long-term program. The first year lasts 11 months with a possibility to enlarge it for next years. Write to me and ask for details!
How many people can join in season 2026-2027?
Fill the form writing me about you and your targets in orienteering, I consider everyone! I choose several athletes this year based on your motivation and determination.
How much does it cost?
It is possible to choose between options depending on which areas you would like me to help with. There are 3 options:
“Wisdom”
140e / month
- 60-minutes meetings weekly with analyzing your orienteering (races, trainings, etc.)
- 4 meetings in a month with the possibility to increase the intensity of meetings (useful during the competitions)
- possibility to have a short talk in messengers in between meetings if necessary
- all my knowledge and all my more than 20 years experience
- work with psychological side of the orienteering, racing and training
- my honest work. I always give you the best and most full knowledge I have
“Flow”
190e / month
- 60-minutes meetings weekly with analyzing your orienteering (races, trainings, etc.)
- 4 meetings in a month with the possibility to increase the intensity of meetings (useful during the competitions)
- individual technical trainings I prepare specially for you to improve the specific skills (can be theoretical or practical or both)
- possibility to have a short talk in messengers in between meetings if necessary
- all my knowledge and all my more than 20 years experience
- work with psychological side of the orienteering, racing and training
- my honest work. I always give you the best and most full knowledge I have
“Perfection”
230e / month
- Both orienteering technique and physical preparation for you!
- 70-minutes meetings weekly with analyzing your orienteering and physical shape (races, trainings, etc.)
- 4 meetings in a month with the possibility to increase the intensity of meetings (useful during the competitions)
- individual technical trainings I prepare specially for you to improve the specific skills (can be theoretical or practical or both)
- the plan for the physical preparation and technical trainings are always part of it
- discussion of physical preparation plan and analyzing the physical trainings at meetings
- possibility to have a talk in messengers in between meetings if necessary
- all my knowledge and all my more than 20 years experience shacked perfectly and ready to use
- work with psychological side of the orienteering, racing and training
- my honest work. I always give you the best and most full knowledge I have
How to apply for the coaching service?
If you want to start learning the system of orienteering and begin your path to the elite o-skills, you can start with filling the form here. The applications are accepted until 30.11.2026 23:59CET. We might have a short online meeting before the decision is taken, I will contact you by email.
Not sure which option to choose? If you want more of this or less of this or just not sure what to choose, just fill the questionnaire and we can discuss it and choose that is the best for you! I’m flexible and open for motivated runners!
“Straight doesn’t mean short.
Short doesn’t mean fast.
Fast doesn’t mean advantage.
Advantage doesn’t mean victory.
Victory doesn’t mean mastery.”
Svetlana Mironova
