Region - Educational Research and Reviews

Introducing orienteering training into junior high school physical education classes offers significant benefits for enhancing students' physical fitness. Through endurance running and obstacle crossing, it effectively improves students' cardiorespiratory endurance, muscle strength, and endurance levels. Meanwhile, this sport helps foster students' independent thinking and problem-solving abilities, as they need to independently plan routes, interpret map information, and make quick judgments in complex environments. Furthermore, orienteering can strengthen students' teamwork spirit—during team tasks, they must collaborate effectively, communicate efficiently, and achieve shared goals. However, there are some shortcomings in current orienteering training in middle schools: the training content is often relatively monotonous and lacks innovation; limitations in venue resources also restrict the implementation of training; and the inadequacy of the evaluation mechanism results in feedback that is not timely or effective enough.