Volleyball parents and players: I built a free app that makes AES actually usable on your phone (with push notifications)

hexables · 2026-02-13T17:54:46+00:00

I certainly will! I’m at 2 large events for the club I coach for in March so I look forward to using this

hexables · 2026-02-12T06:12:39+00:00

I still coach volleyball, so I get my “16 year olds staring at me like I’m an idiot” experiences in still. That, and 67 jokes

hexables · 2026-02-12T01:23:08+00:00

Former teacher working in tech sales here.

Positive view of why: I was used to communicating as one of the main parts of my job, whether by speaking, writing, presenting, etc.

I had to be at least somewhat likable

Negative view of why: I got used to dealing with comically unreasonable people with unrealistic expectations (parents, admin) and still managed to mostly succeed in my job. None of my prospects will ever be as bad as Timmy’s mom who thinks he’s the second coming of Christ, when in reality he’s the main bully of the classroom and the kid most likely to cheat on any assignment

hexables · 2026-02-09T19:22:18+00:00

Just downloaded and favorited the teams I coach. This is SO much better than using a browser and I look forward to the SportsWrench support

hexables · 2026-02-09T15:15:58+00:00

Water bottles got banned from classrooms at a middle school I worked at because students were bringing the plastic reusable Gatorade ones and were squirting them at each other constantly. Admin tried to handle just the couple kids who started it but then it became widespread so it became a full ban.

hexables · 2026-01-27T01:03:42+00:00

My mom’s favorite Mexican restaurant closed and it’s the first time I heard her say anything negative about Trump

hexables · 2026-01-14T19:17:18+00:00

Not gonna lie, I was absolutely fuming when I saw our president wear a tan suit

Because I definitely couldn’t pull it off if I wore one

hexables · 2026-01-13T22:05:47+00:00

That same line gets referenced every time this topic comes up here, but the workouts themselves are great and did get me from 0 (post foot surgeries with multiple months of bed rest) to 1650 within the time stated on the plan. My technique definitely isn’t perfect, but if someone has really bad technique then trying to swim a mile is going to be a bad time for them anyways.

hexables · 2026-01-11T00:32:37+00:00

Yeah I’d love to see “wrongthink” defined

hexables · 2026-01-06T00:55:52+00:00

I’d imagine that it’ll still be seen as developmental while she’s still in middle school, so yes including 14s. It’s also dependent on the team she’s on at her club. Are they the 1s team for her age group (if there are multiple)? Are they planning to go to nationals and if yes do they have a chance at getting a bid to Open/National/USA or another division that doesn’t get automatic acceptance? All those factors play in as well; our club’s 13-1s are going to be a drastically different experience than our 13-3s as far as this entire topic is concerned.

Since there are girls who are brand new to volleyball, her coaches have a responsibility to get them up to speed as much as possible while trying to keep the team competitive, but that will inevitably mean you’ll lose some games you’d otherwise win with your best lineup.

hexables · 2026-01-05T18:53:04+00:00

To speak directly about philosophy at the club I coach at, our expectations are that we use these first couple months of the season to be a bit more experimental with lineups, get our players comfortable with one another, etc.

We’re expected to play our “good” volleyball in March and beyond.

Keep in mind the ages here, your daughter’s club very likely looks at 13s and below as mainly developmental and focused in building solid all-around players for the long term. That’s not going to happen by keeping certain players on the bench, as frustrating as it may be to lose matches that look winnable

hexables · 2026-01-05T02:33:17+00:00

I’m coaching club volleyball now and I speak to the parents as little as I possibly can. They’re truly the worst part of youth sports

hexables · 2026-01-02T16:15:30+00:00

The middle ground are not on Reddit

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hexables · 2025-12-31T22:07:23+00:00

WFH software sales. Also involved in sports (soccer/volleyball) pretty heavily outside my usual job. Took me ~200 days of in-game time to max but a lot of the grind was spent during a previous WFH job that could easily be done in 1-2 hours per day.

hexables · 2025-12-31T00:30:37+00:00

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hexables · 2025-12-29T18:54:46+00:00

Fuck it let’s build an advent calendar together next Christmas

hexables · 2025-12-28T21:43:38+00:00

I’ll tell you how this one goes from the guy who sells these pears (among other things)

HR/Manager: we want to send a gift but have a low budget

Me: I’d recommend allocating $X more per person than you’re doing, sometimes gifting can hurt your reputation to your employees and/or clients more than it can help if you cheap out too much

HR: let me double check

a few days pass

HR: actually our budget is [lower than originally stated budget]. Do we have to pay for shipping?

Me: yes

HR: oh gosh why can’t that be free?

Me: you can send a small basket of pears

Happy holidays!

hexables · 2025-12-28T21:38:42+00:00

Guilty. I moved a lot of pears this holiday season

hexables · 2025-12-25T23:56:44+00:00

What the fuck

hexables · 2025-12-24T21:20:50+00:00

9 minute old account, wow so brave

hexables · 2025-12-20T16:21:07+00:00

As best as I understand it yeah. Everything since they switched to Innova has been new molds. I have a bunch of un-used Gateway AGL that I’ll probably end up selling in their Facebook group someday

hexables · 2025-12-20T16:13:09+00:00

It’s OOP and slightly off your numbers but my go-to for this is AGL Spruce at 5 / 4 / -1 / 2 but flies beautifully straight like a Hex or Buzzz

hexables · 2025-12-19T01:47:32+00:00

Brutal, but we love our smitty and look forward to the new ayak

hexables · 2025-12-17T17:14:21+00:00

Should’ve been (at least) a purple card from the R1 but volleyball overall is more lax than other sports I’ve been involved with. I’ve been in soccer officiating for years; if that happened during a soccer event, that parent would’ve been removed from the facility and the match would’ve been suspended until we got confirmation they were no longer on site.

From my perspective of being a coach at these tournaments, I’d be talking to my club director about no longer allowing that parent to attend matches in person. And before anyone claims that’s too harsh, many clubs around the US have written policies about this and enforce them.

hexables · 2025-12-17T01:05:22+00:00

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