I have heard that some Masters coaches are more interested in general fitness than speed.What is your experience? Do you feel that your coach prepares you to swim 50s and 100s?Is sprinting a regular part of practice at least once a week and if so do you do it as a main set or as an add on at the end?Do you do lactic acid sets?How much do you work on starts and turns?
We have plenty of non-competing swimmers who do the sets, and they must not mind too much b/c they keep coming back.
In my group, most swimmers will do/tolerate a set like this once a week. Even then, the coach usually offers some sort of alternative. Today, we had our Fast Set, but the coach offered a longer alternative (actually a timed mile and some other stuff). Having just done a timed mile on Wed, I opted for the fast set, as did everyone else.
We've had cases where some swimmers will get out of the workout lanes and do longer sets on their own in the lap lanes if they don't like the sets.
We have plenty of non-competing swimmers who do the sets, and they must not mind too much b/c they keep coming back.
In my group, most swimmers will do/tolerate a set like this once a week. Even then, the coach usually offers some sort of alternative. Today, we had our Fast Set, but the coach offered a longer alternative (actually a timed mile and some other stuff). Having just done a timed mile on Wed, I opted for the fast set, as did everyone else.
We've had cases where some swimmers will get out of the workout lanes and do longer sets on their own in the lap lanes if they don't like the sets.
