March/April 2003 Features

• An Interview with Kevin Toth, Shot Putter, by Bob Ramsak
  This interview was done by Bob Ramsak, editor of Track Profile News Service, which is sponsored by American Track & Field. Kevin Toth has the farthest throw of the year in the shot, and was the second farthest thrower in 2002. In this interview, Kevin talks about the nature of the shot and why he has stayed with this great event. (For a free sample subscription to track profile, check out www.trackprofile.com).
• How to be a better Discus Thrower, by Eric Petermann
  This article, written by Eric Petermann, the editorial coordinator of American Track & Field, gives the young thrower and the masters thrower alike a chance to pick the brain of John Powell. John Powell is considered by many to be the best technical discus thrower in US history. An Olympic and World Championship medalist, Powell runs a summer camp for the discus in Denison, Ohio (www.johnpowellassociates.com).
• Drugs: An Ethical Maze
  The first in a series of articles that will tackle the question of drug use in sports, written by Mark Winitz and Jim Ferstle. This article gives honest answers to the most dangerous crisis in our sport.
• The Art of Coaching: Remi Korchemny, by M. Nicole Nazzaro
  This article celebrates one of California's most important finds-Remi Korchemny has coached in California for over 20 years, quietly and with dignity. In this article, Mary Nicole Nazzaro, a graduate student in documentary film, gives us a glimpse into one of the world's great sprint coaches, and a man who has endured, and learned from living 70 odd years in the former Soviet Union and Unites States. We also learn that the art of coaching may be more important that the science involved.
• The Need for Coaching: John Walker and Arch Jelly, by Dick Quax
  Published in December 2002 for our sister publication, American Track & Field, the most prolific sub four minute miler in the world, John Walker and his coach Arch Jelly, provide a thoughtful example as to why athletes, both roadies and track athletes, improve under the watchful eye of a coach. Written by Dick Quax, NZ distance great and former WR at 5,000 meters.