{"id":443057,"date":"2020-08-06T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T17:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=443057"},"modified":"2020-08-06T09:14:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T16:14:46","slug":"swimming-world-presents-calling-all-troublemakers-sprinters-part-2-the-tom-jager-and-matt-biondi-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-calling-all-troublemakers-sprinters-part-2-the-tom-jager-and-matt-biondi-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents &#8220;Calling All Troublemakers &#8211; Sprinters Part 2: The Tom Jager and Matt Biondi Show&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Calling All Troublemakers &#8211; Sprinters Part 2: The Tom and Matt Show<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">By Bruce Wigo<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>As explained in last month\u2019s issue, sprinters are considered a different breed of swimmer. They\u2019re not just free spirits, but they seem to be rule breakers and troublemakers of the sport. In July, Swimming World featured two of swimming\u2019s notorious female rebels, Eleanor Holm and Dawn Fraser. This month\u2019s article takes a look at two male disruptors who paved the way for professional swimming, Tom Jager and Matt Biondi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the second half of the 20th century, there was an undeclared war between the conservative administrators of the sport who resisted change versus the athletes and coaches who wanted swimming to become a more high-profile sport.<\/p>\n<p>It came to a small head at the 1972 Munich Games, where the sensational Mark Spitz won seven gold medals. Spitz was the biggest star in swimming since Johnny Weissmuller. While the stars in the professional sports world competed into their 30s, \u201camateur\u201d swimmers were expected to retire after graduating from college in their early 20s or continue at their own financial risk.<\/p>\n<p>Spitz chose to retire at the age of 22. Looking back now, in the wake of Michael Phelps, it\u2019s easy to imagine the career Spitz might have had and the impact he most certainly would have had on the sport had he been allowed to accept endorsements and compete in two or three more Olympic Games. Back then, his margin of victory in his individual events was enormous by today\u2019s standards.<\/p>\n<p>But it was not until after the 1988 Olympic Games that the word, \u201camateur,\u201d was finally removed from the Olympic rulebook. It was a change made primarily to allow professional basketball players to participate in Olympic competition and one that was not enthusiastically received by many of the traditional Olympic sports, including USA Swimming.<\/p>\n<p>That organization would need a little push into the 20th century. That push came from Tom Jager and Matt Biondi.<\/p>\n<p>Jager was known as a free spirit, a long-haired rebel with a receding hairline who swam collegiately for Ron Ballatore at UCLA. Biondi, thought to be more conservative, went to Cal. Although he swam for Nort Thorton, he was recruited primarily as a water polo player by Pete Cutino. But while doing both sports, he blossomed more as a swimmer, and at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, Biondi won eight medals, including five gold.<\/p>\n<p>At the same two Games, Jager won five medals, including four gold. From 1984 through 1988, Tom and Matt developed a heated rivalry in the pool over 50 yards and meters. They broke the world record six times, and they held nine of the 10 fastest times in history. At the 1988 Olympics, where 50 meters was contested for the first time, Biondi out-touched Jager, the pre-Games favorite, to win the gold medal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2020\/swimming-world-magazine-august-2020-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>To read more about Hall of Fame sprinters Matt Biondi and Tom Jager,<br \/>\nCheck out the August 2020 Swimming World Magazine, <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>click here to download the full issue now!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2020\/swimming-world-magazine-august-2020-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"442313\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-magazine-august-2020-issue-the-high-school-record-breakers-available-now\/sw-august-2020-the-record-breakers-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1070\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SW August 2020 The Record Breakers &#8211; Cover\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;SW August 2020 The Record Breakers &#8211; Cover&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--766x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-442313 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover-.jpg\" alt=\"SW August 2020 The Record Breakers - Cover\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--150x201.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--300x401.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--450x602.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--673x900.jpg 673w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--374x500.jpg 374w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--245x327.jpg 245w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--533x713.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Get <em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em> and <em>Swimming World Biweekly<\/em> FREE When You<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.swimmingworld.com\/collections\/donation-options\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product-category\/ishof-membership\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1522345712821000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGfwbLD2OaI21g28efcR0DZZlQSOQ\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Become A Member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want More? 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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in mid-March, some high schools had already completed their championships, others saw their season canceled&#8230;while still others were interrupted during the middle of their meet! Here are a few examples of how the coronavirus affected high school swimming.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>016 A GOOD INDICATOR OF FUTURE SUCCESS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Andy Ross<\/strong><br \/>\nSince Swimming World first honored its Male and Female High School Swimmers of the Year in 1997, 60 percent of those athletes have gone on to compete in the Olympics from 2000 through 2016.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>019 TOP HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Chandler Brandes<\/strong><br \/>\nSwimming World takes a look at the swimmers it considers to be the 10 best high school recruits\u2014both male and female\u2014from the Class of 2020 and where they\u2019ll be attending college in the fall.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>022 THE RECORD BREAKERS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by David Rieder<\/strong><br \/>\nNine high school swimmers from eight different states combined for 11 public or independent school records and eight overall national high school records\u2014including three times in one event!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>026 A GROSS INJUSTICE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by John Lohn<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 1972 at the Munich Olympics, 16-year-old Rick DeMont had won the 400 meter freestyle only to have his gold medal taken away several days later in one of the biggest injustices in Olympic history.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">029 ISHOF: THE TOM AND MATT SHOW<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Bruce Wigo<\/strong><br \/>\nAs explained in last month\u2019s issue,sprinters are considered a different breed of swimmer. They\u2019re not just free spirits, but they seem to be rule breakers and troublemakers of the sport. In July, Swimming World featured two of swimming\u2019s notorious female rebels, Eleanor Holm and Dawn Fraser. This month\u2019s article takes a look at two male disruptors who paved the way for professional swimming, Tom Jager and Matt Biondi.<\/p>\n<p>COACHING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>012 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMAL MODEL FOR TECHNIQUE: PART VIII\u2014BODY BASE OF SUPPORT FOR BREASTSTROKE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Rod Havriluk<\/strong><br \/>\nThe torso is the swimmer\u2019s base of support (BOS). During a stroke cycle of a typical breaststroker, excess vertical motion of the shoulder distorts the BOS, which compromises the ability to maximize propulsion and, as a result, limits swimming velocity. This article offers suggestions for how to stabilize the BOS to generate more propulsion to swim faster.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>033 SUMMER LEAGUE: HAVING FUN AND GETTING THE WORK DONE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><br \/>\nNo matter what tomorrow or next year brings, one can hope that the benefits of summer league as we know them will persist.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>035 SPECIAL SETS: TRAINING FROM TRIALS TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><br \/>\nThrough the voice of Michigan associate coach Josh White, this month\u2019s \u201cSpecial Sets\u201d traces the training Connor Jaeger did in the period between the U.S. Olympic Trials to the Olympic Games in 2012\u00a0 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">041 Q&amp;A WITH COACH NEIL HARPER<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">042 HOW THEY TRAIN ANNA HOPKIN<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TRAINING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>010 DRYSIDE TRAINING: EXERCISES FOR EXPLOSIVE STARTS &amp; TURNS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by J.R. Rosania<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>039 GOLDMINDS: HOW TO BECOME AN \u201cA\u201d SWIMMER<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Wayne Goldsmith<\/strong><br \/>\nUltimately, success comes to those amazing people who make the decision to be successful and who then live that decision in practice and performance\u2014in and out of the pool\u2014until they realize their potential.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>045 UP &amp; COMERS: ABBY REICH<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COLUMNS<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>032 DID YOU KNOW? PETER JACKSON: \u201cTHE BLACK PRINCE\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>046 GUTTERTALK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>048 PARTING SHOT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling All Troublemakers &#8211; Sprinters Part 2: The Tom and Matt Show By Bruce Wigo As explained in last month\u2019s issue, sprinters are considered a different breed of swimmer. 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