Masters swim question

When in Rome... blah blah blah. I've always done what my coach tells me, no questions asked. When I was a youngster, if you questioned the coach, he would increase the sets. 5x100 became 8x100 became 10x100 then you drowned the whiner who kept complaining to the coach. Maybe that's where I learned not to question my coach...

FWIW, I'm not allowed to join the Masters Team! The coach said that triathletes don't take the team seriously, don't come to the swim meets, they have too many people (even though their lanes have plenty of room for 1 more!) whine whine whine. I hate that coach! Ok, not hate. But he's a poopyhead for not letting me in. I'm at the pool more often than his team is!

Being on the team is a privilege. The coach shouldn't be asked to design the practice around your needs, in all fairness. Coach has the entire team's fitness to work on.

Joining a Master's group is not like joining the military.  You are free to design your own workouts that fit your training plan any time you want to.  I did the coached workouts for fall and winter and then in the spring I follow the training plan that I have chosen for my triathlon season. One great thing about my group is that the  majority of the members participate in triathlons, so as the season progresses they actually gear a fair number of workouts toward us.  But if they are not compatible with whatever I have planned, I still do my own thing, as do many people there.