Knox Little Athletics Centre Inc.

Welcome Everyone.

Hope everyone has settled in and is enjoying their experience at Knox Little Athletics.

The U7 program has generally been running very smoothly. The U7 Boys have one of the dads, Adam Barnes who kindly takes them to each event and guides them through what is required, encouraging good behavior along the way. This has worked extremely well. If possible we would love to have another dad or mum to assist to take the U7 Girls on a weekly basis. If anyone is interested in this role, it would count as a weekly duty for your club, please let me know. Also if anyone has any experience regarding High Jump we would love your assistance. Unfortunately, at times, we do not have enough coaches to assist at as many events as we would like.

The U7 program will still look to include the Mini Olympics (skills and games) and the respective events listed on the program. We strongly encourage your child to come to these sessions as we always focus on an aspect of the event that will assist with skill development. For example, performing a drill to touch the noodle above their head encourage the children to use their arms when Long Jumping. We will also begin to encourage the U7s to do a run-up with Triple Jump. They picked up on the Standing Triple Jump really well but note that the skills associated with this are hard to retain for many children and they may need to practice at home over winter to retain this knowledge.

Please note that after Christmas we are also looking to focus on exploring events that they will compete in the following year e.g. Hurdles and some more on Walks.

There are some special events occurring in the near future. On December 21st we have Multi-Event Day. The U7s will compete in 4 events which are the events known as Multi Events. They are 100m, Long Jump, Discus and 400m. Points are allocated for each performance and each group has an overall winner.

Once again would like to acknowledge your assistance, especially when we have dragged you across to help. More hands on deck means the kids get more out of the program.

Please become involved in any way you are able to, especially with the games. Any feedback that will assist your child and your experience to be more fulfilling is most welcome. Please do not hesitate to ask any questions or call to discuss.

Thanking you
Nevenka, Ian, Liz, Katherine & Danny
(Nev – 0409 354 575)

The next Officials course has been scheduled for Sunday 8 December at Knox Park Reserve.

Date: Sunday 8Dec 2013
Location: Knox Park Reserve

Track – 8:30am til 1:00pm
Lunch – 1:00pm til 1:30pm (BYO)
Jumps – 1:30pm til 5:30

Applications close Monday 2 December. To view the course page and to register for this course click on the following : http://athsvic.org.au/events/detail/cred-up-cash-up-level-c-knox

For those that are already a registered Victorian Official just need to use your username and password to register. Otherwise a new profile will need to be created. Please do not hesitate to contact Andrea (details below) should you require additional information or assistance with the registration process.

Andrea Hallett
Officials Training & Accreditation Manager
Little Athletics Victoria
03 8646 4513 or andrea@athsvic.org.au

Date: Sunday 1Dec13. Starts at 8am.
Where: The Tan, Botanical Gardens, Melbourne City.
See their poster for more information.

Date: Saturday 8Feb14.
Time: First event starts at 2pm. Expected to finish around 9:30pm
Where: Knox Park, Bunjil Way Knoxfield.
Registrations close: Knox Athletes Sat21Dec, Postal Sat18Jan.
See the entry form for more information.

Welcome Everyone.
We would like to take this opportunity to inform you of what is happening over coming weeks.
Firstly the U6 program has been running very smoothly with minimal waiting time which is the reason for it finishing before 10.30am most mornings. Generally other age groups would wait between events, as we have the benefit of the Mini Olympics area we can sometimes run a jump and throw down there.
The U6 program will still look to include the Mini Olympics (skills and games) session, a sprint, long jump or a throw. However after Christmas we are looking to add an extra session that will allow the U6s to begin exploring events that they will compete in the following year e.g. triple jump, walks and high jump.
There are some special events occurring in the near future. On December 21st we have Multi-Event Day. The U6s will compete in 4 events which are the events known as Multi Events. They are 100m, Long Jump, Discus and 400m. Points are allocated for each performance and each group has an overall winner.
Once again we would like to acknowledge your assistance, especially when we have dragged you across to help. More hands on deck means the kids get more out of the program.
Please become involved in any way you are able to, especially with the games. Any feedback that will assist your child and your experience to be more fulfilling is most welcome. Please do not hesitate to ask any questions or call to discuss.
Thanking you
Nevenka, Ian, Liz, Katherine & Danny
(Nev – 0409 354 575)
P.S. Please ensure that the children have hats, drinks and sunscreen especially as the days begin to get hotter!!!!!