Knox Little Athletics Centre Inc.

The track will not be available for use on Sunday 26 October, due to the annual Australian Air League sports carnival being held at the Knox track. The carnival is due to finish at approximately 2.30pm.

Therefore, there will be no access for Knox LAC training on Sunday 26 October – including High Jump and Throws.

For training options, please see the Training page or contact your coach directly.

Note: Relay Teams will be competing at Box Hill on this day.

Mentone Little Athletics Centre will be holding their Annual Relay Open Day on Sunday 16 November 2014, commencing at 9.30am.

They have made a couple of changes to the program, and will be awarding batons to all members of first, second and third placed teams and entries will only be accepted online.

Under 8 teams are also welcome for the 4x100m relay event. This is a great introduction to the Relay competition for the following season.

The entry fee per team remains at $15.

Register Online

Entries close at 8pm Friday 7 November.
No late entries will be accepted on the day.

A timetable will be available on their website closer to the date. As a rough guide the following are the estimated timeframes for each block of events:

9:30am – 12:00pm 4x200m
12:30pm – 3:00pm 4x100m
3:00pm – 5:00pm Medley’s

This is a great warm up for Region Relays!

Bring a friend

Do you have a friend that might like to try out little aths? Why not ask them to come down next Saturday to have a go! Just make sure they wear appropriate clothes and footwear for little aths, and that they check-in WITH YOUR CLUB to get a temporary patch.

Arrive early for U13-U16 events

8am start for U13 – U16 300mH and U11 – U12 walks

Uniforms and sportswear for sale

The uniform shop will be open on Saturday, and Diadora and Safelace will also be back with their goodies for sale.

Do you still have an IGA patch on your uniform?

If you do, please remove it from your club and centre uniforms.

LA Vic held Starter and Chief of Officials training sessions at Knox Park on Sunday 12 October.

There were volunteers from various Victorian little athletics centres, including regional centres.

Was your child disqualified in the race walk event this week?

Here are a few helpful tips on how to avoid a DQ.

There are only two rules in race walking:

• First rule: There must always be one foot on the ground. Athletes can be DQ’d for running in a walk race.
• Second rule: The leading leg must be straight from the moment of contact with the ground until directly under the body. This is only the leading leg not both legs, so when the leading leg makes contact with the ground at the front, it must be straight, with no bent knee. Even if you’re walking slowly and cautiously, you may not have the leading leg straight. This is the most common reason for disqualifications.

The best way to have good technique is to point your front toes up and keep your back straight, do not lean forward.

Also, you need three reports to be disqualified. If you only get two reports, you’re ok. If you get cautioned by a walk judge during the race, you can try to adjust your style during the race to avoid a DQ.

Here are two examples of 8 year olds (click photo to view full size). The photo on the left shows an example of straight back and leading toes up – great technique. The photo on the right shows body leaning forward, leading toes down and slightly bent knee for the leading leg. Unfortunately, the bent leading leg on the right is likely to receive some reports and if you get 3, a DQ is the end result.

Knox Little Athletics Centre provides race walk coaching every Tuesday and Thursday night at the track between 6:15-7:00pm. Come down and get some tips from the Knox walk coach, Fran who will teach you correct technique.