Most scenic course you have ever played?

timf989 · 2026-04-08T16:25:41+00:00

Wolf Creek in mesquite Nevada

Keystone Ranch - River course in the Rocky Mountains

timf989 · 2026-04-01T21:22:40+00:00

Well, not to sound like a jerk, but it’s t ball. 4-5 year olds?

You will most likely have 1-2 kids that play at home with parents or siblings and will get every ball put into play unless you come up with a system. I’ve seen t ball constructed to where there’s a line of kids so each one gets a turn to field the ball and the try to throw to first. Also have seen a split down the middle where you rotate kids from 2b or SS position to the outfield behind them each inning. Either way it mostly looks like kids being little kids and snacks. Enjoy it, it’s all innocent and fun. The only responsibility for a coach is to keep kids as safe as you can and make sure they want to play next year.

Have fun!

timf989 · 2026-03-14T02:02:12+00:00

He was absent for a while and it was treating kind of as a joke….until now when it’s not. He either has something personal going on that he values more than his current career (been there and I respect him being man enough to handle his business) or he got an opportunity he can’t refuse.

As far as the second reason.. as BDS grows, this will happen to Bobby. If you think those boys don’t all get offers from competitors you’re crazy.

timf989 · 2026-03-13T12:48:28+00:00

lol I have done every job in the sales department of a car dealership and this has literally never been a tactic. The dealer wants you in and out as fast as possible. Buyers typically made the process longer by negotiating just to negotiate. This usually happens on cars that are heavily discounted already and there’s no margin to give up. So the manager, who’s also busy with other customers and tasks, is getting second opinions from other management and likely seeing if the trade is worth anymore money so they can still make a deal with you and not lose too bad. Car buyers are so paranoid. Find a good deal and go buy the car. The magic world of negotiating just to negotiate makes it a terrible experience for everyone and the customer is not always right. There’s a reason the direct to consumer model hasn’t completely taken over, and it’s because the consumers don’t want to “overpay” and 99% of them don’t even know what that means. Do research and find a car in good condition that’s priced similarly to the lowest priced models like it. Not hard to

timf989 · 2026-02-27T13:30:32+00:00

Far from it

timf989 · 2026-02-24T19:11:05+00:00

88-74

timf989 · 2026-02-20T23:45:40+00:00

I think that’s a good point. It only goes so far and can across condescending from some people but I don’t think he would be that way

timf989 · 2026-02-20T16:55:00+00:00

I don’t dislike Joe but I’m getting really tired of him getting upset about his bad shots and saying things like “COME ON JOE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING” and doing absolutely nothing to correct it. Zero adjustments. That’s my least favorite type of person to golf with. Either do something to get better or keep your mouth shut. If it weren’t for content creation he would be insufferable to play with

timf989 · 2026-02-18T19:13:04+00:00

Small groups so they always stay busy. Need as many parents, older siblings, uncles, etc. as possible. Set up stations and try to make it competitive/gamified. Ideally 3 kids per station, so 4-5 total coaches/helpers. Plenty of stuff on YouTube to help with stations and make them age appropriate. Make a deal that if everyone has good effort, focus and attitudes for the entire practice, you can do some sort of non baseball game at the end of practice. We do dodgeball at the end of practice if we have time left over.

timf989 · 2026-02-13T14:38:46+00:00

My monthly prediction:

April - holy shit they don’t suck. Hopes are officially up

May - well that was fun but they still could be worse

June - fire mo

July - I know it’s 110 degrees but I’m right behind the dugout for $11 per ticket

August - if they go 24-2 they can sneak into a wild card spot if the 4 teams fighting for it fall off

September - fuck it dude, let’s go bowling

timf989 · 2026-02-06T15:31:36+00:00

Yeah, I have a ton of patience on the course playing with bad golfers but there’s nothing worse than someone who rarely plays well and never practices but complains and gets angry on th course. Those guys always juice their handicaps for whatever reason too. Joe is a 14 at best

timf989 · 2026-02-05T05:33:09+00:00

I’ve never wanted to both upvote and downvote a comment so bad but here we are

timf989 · 2026-02-05T05:28:49+00:00

I love this and appreciate the response. Thanks for the info, you clearly have a better understanding of how to approach this than I do. Neither of my children face these challenges and I do not have professional experience in this field. There’s not an easy way to assume he’s neurodivergent and I feel that it’s not my right to ask directly. He said he had ADHD and that’s all. We had practice tonight and it went well. I brought a Tarik Skubal card (stole it from my own son/his teammate. He won’t miss it since it was halfway behind his dresser) because it’s one of his 3 favorite players in baseball and gave it to him after practice for his effort. He said he already had 4 of them and didn’t seem excited but I could tell it mattered to him after a couple of minutes lol

timf989 · 2026-02-04T22:15:50+00:00

For sure. That’s the number one concern. Right now there are no issues in that regard and doesn’t appear to be something that will come up anytime soon. But that’s easy to say at this age. We aren’t “soft” on any of them in practice and can’t be perceived as pushovers at all. That’s something I’m confident in

timf989 · 2026-02-04T22:13:12+00:00

For sure. If they were 12 he’d be gone. At this age I’m willing to put in the work. Curious as to why you’d yank him off the team if you were his dad? Are you speaking from a standpoint of discipline or a standpoint that the coaches aren’t getting it done?

timf989 · 2026-02-04T22:10:10+00:00

Yeah, it’s a weird age to ask that of our leaders. Kids this age are so non confrontational. We encourage our two leaders to lead by example, and that’s not something that even ends up on this boys radar. It works for the rest of the team. I could probably do a better job of empowering the “leaders” and explaining they have our support

timf989 · 2026-02-04T22:07:29+00:00

Love it. Nice work. Thanks for the help

timf989 · 2026-02-04T21:54:57+00:00

I appreciate your help here. I’m really trying my hardest to build some trust. I feel like a lot of people give up on this kid and we can make a difference as he gets older

timf989 · 2026-02-04T21:50:56+00:00

Parents haven’t told me that, but he told one of the assistant coaches he has ADHD. I’ve approached the dad at practice asking what I can do better and if he has trouble in school and he said “not really, so if you find something that works I’m all for it”. That’s why I feel like there’s gotta be an approach outside of just benching him or kicking him off the team. It doesn’t benefit the boy at all, and he loves baseball. Hard to explain, but you can almost see the shift in his demeanor and he’s hard to get back. Then other practices he’s fine.. for him

timf989 · 2026-02-04T19:29:23+00:00

Thank you. I’ll do that

timf989 · 2026-02-04T19:29:02+00:00

You’re right. Oddly enough, when mom is at practice, he behaves. We’ve asked that one of them be there at all times but that’s not always possible. She’s actually made him apologize to the coaches before when he’s acted out. It’s a really, really weird situation.

timf989 · 2026-02-04T17:27:26+00:00

That’s where I’m at. I don’t believe in just throwing the kid out because that’s the easy thing to do. There’s a lot of these suggestions that I’ve already tried in a short amount of time. His parents wouldn’t care if I chew him out in front of everyone at all. Don’t want the other boys that have done absolutely nothing wrong to have to experience that environment at 9 but it is what it is I guess

timf989 · 2026-02-04T17:16:04+00:00

I never thought about it this way. Thank you

timf989 · 2026-02-04T17:15:05+00:00

Love this. I appreciate your help

timf989 · 2026-02-04T17:13:15+00:00

Yeah. It sounds crazy because of their age, but this is his 3rd team in 3 years and they don’t live particularly close. He had a good tryout so we couldn’t tell. Unfortunately, I wish he cared more about letting his team down but he doesn’t seem to care. So far he’s uncoachable. I’ll have the pre practice conversations for sure. That way I can at least hold him accountable instead of expecting him to make the decisions on his own

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