ATG: A Mistake Made By Nearly All Sport Coaches — Key Takeaways
Cam McEvoy won Olympic gold and set the 100m freestyle world record after cutting weekly swim volume from 30,000–70,000 meters down to 2,000 meters per week.
Key takeaways
Cutting swim volume 93% (70k→2k m/week) produced world-record results
Cutting swim volume 93% (70k→2k m/week) produced world-record results
- Cam McEvoy dropped from 30,000–70,000 m/week to 2,000 m/week and won 2024 Olympic gold in the 50m freestyle.
- His event is 50 meters — the mileage-to-race-distance ratio was absurdly mismatched under conventional coaching.
3 high-focus court days beats 5+ diluted days for skill-sport athletes
3 high-focus court days beats 5+ diluted days for skill-sport athletes
- Jordan outperformed peers by playing harder with less mileage, not more — intensity per session matters more than session count.
- Curry's father deliberately kept him out of year-round AAU basketball during key development years; he became the greatest shooter in NBA history.
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