What to do when you disagree with a Coach?

Any stroke where you can't see where you're going is truly the evil one. As far as I see it, the four strokes are breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly and warmdown. :mooning:

Any stroke where you can't see where you're going is truly the evil one. As far as I see it, the four strokes are breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly and warmdown. :mooning: Um, Midas, if you can see where you are going in freestyle then you are doing it WRONG!!!!! :mooning: My four strokes are sprint, sprint, and warmdown.

My four strokes are sprint, sprint, and warmdown. Your doctor gives physicals in the pool? Do you pay extra for that?

It is not wrong to opt out and do your own thing as long as you are not disrupting your lane mates. But, what's the harm? It's only a week. I strongly believe that swimming all three strokes has a positive overall impact. Breastroke is not a swimming stroke, it is noodling without the noodle. Noodle this one - :roids: 3 x 300 breaststroke - descend each 300 by 100s and descend the set- LCM

I try to be sure I am in a lane that is about the same speed when I do change to breaststroke. Kicking is one thing where there seems to be such an emphasis on fins that it is hard for us breaststroke folks to keep up. I do get out of the way when the guys put the fins on for kick sets. I will do fly kicks with fins, but after one sprint 50 free kick hard - the tank is empty. Re: Scenery - when you wear bifocals, the scenery is all the same - blurry, which doesn't enhance the controlled drowning which is my backstroke.

Noodle this one - :roids: 3 x 300 breaststroke - descend each 300 by 100s and descend the set- LCM I'll write this on the white board at the pool for the 9 am noddlers, many thanks.

I want to add, you always want to respect the coach have a talk after practice or send an email or a text so they understand be appreciative it's a bad idea to mutiny, even worse take a group of swimmers with you I saw a swimmer get kicked off the team for this be low key be nice explain your reasons in advance 1) I'm injured and I can't ... 2) I'm tapering ... 3) I have to leave early because ... 4) I'm focusing on speed and strength and don't want to do any training that will break me down 5) ...

I agree with Ande and Geek (although I worry when that happens). It's master's, so you have the freedom to modify workouts as needed. Just don't let your modified workout interfere with those swimming the actual workout. At the same time, what harm will it do to stick with it for the week? It sounds like you do swim IM on occasion, so doing some backstroke in practice will benefit those swims. You may even find you like the change of scenery!

...or you could throw a fit, take you and your entire carpool (which includes the team's only 5 national qualifiers) to another team, and have your family blamed for ruining the team the next 5 years (my brother did it once--kinda ugly scene). Part of me says just suck it up and do what everybody else is doing and another part says life's too short--explain your problem and if a solution can't be reached, walk.

it's masters Do what you want to do just don't get in the way of others in your lane. Since joining an new group, I have run into an old problem. What to do when the coach has a workout designed that is something that it outside your swimming goals? We are focused on Backstroke this week. Since it is highly unlikely that I will ever compete in Satan's stroke in an individual event other than surviving 25 to 50 yards/meters on a 200 IM, but I intend to compete in *** stroke, is it wrong to opt out and swim breastroke? I opted out and swam breaststroke, working drills where drills were written, kicking where kicking was planned, and hammering the sprints when it was time to sprint. Since I have aged up four brackets and will now compete in the 50-54 bracket, there are probably a finite number of swims that I have. I would rather focus on breaststroke where I am motivated and don't mind chasing the backstroke intervals. Thoughts? Don