Indoor.

Exercises that can be performed indoors—in a gym, sports hall, or similar facility—when weather conditions or the time of year prevent outdoor training.

Draw map by memory

Place a map with a marked course on side A of the gym and a blank sheet on side B. The athlete must reproduce the course on the blank sheet, accurately including all features necessary for completing it. Add physical exercises or other tasks to either extend the time taken to move between sides or to increase the cognitive demand of the activity. Begin with courses designed for 12-year-old participants and progress up to elite level.

 Attention&Memory   Map reading   Decision making&Executive function 

Draw course by memory

Similarly to exercise above, athlete has to redraw a course, but this time on an existing map. The more controls athlete has to remember - the harder. Add physical exercises or other tasks to either extend the time taken to move between sides or to increase the cognitive demand of the activity.

 Attention&Memory   Map reading 

Match description to control

Place a map with controls on side A of a gym and control descriptions on the B side of the gym. Athlete has to match the control description to a control on the map, each control has a number which has to be written next to the control description on the side B. Make it a competition, not only it's fun, but also increases cognitive load as athlete wants to be faster than others. This exercise works great on memory and perception, it might be easier to visualize the control from description and then match it to the map, not by just description. 

 Attention&Memory   Perception 

Plan the leg from the control

Have pieces of paper with longer legs on them, one leg per piece, cover the piece of paper with a blank sheet of a paper. When an athlete arrives at the paper, one has to slide the paper from top to down - slowly revealing the leg from finish to start. The exercise is to start planning the leg while sliding the paper, start by identifying an attack point, then analyze middle stage of the leg and then the start of it. This encourages the athlete to learn to plan the leg from the end to beginning.

Include the exercise between physical exercises or any way you see fit.

 Map reading   Decision making&Executive function