USING A HEAD-MOUNTED VIDEO CAMERA AND 2-STAGE REPLAY TO ENHANCE ORIENTEERING PERFORMANCE

In a study involving six junior orienteers, use of head-mounted video camera footage in a two-stage replay procedure during the early part o f a competition season was associated with a substantial overall impro vement in performance at the Australian Orienteering Championships. Th e wearing of a head-mounted video camera while competing generated a v ideo record of events from the orienteer's own visual perspective. Rep laying this own-point-of-view record las a first stage) was a powerful stimulus to recall and verbalise important performance-related mental events. A second-stage involving replay of the original video togethe r with verbalised erred recollections enabled coach and orienteer to a ddress specific individualised mental aspects of competing. The proced ure has applications in a range of sports.