u/Either_Top_9634

I have a co-worker that I’ve known for sometime who always amazed me on his processing speed with interpreting data. We are both chemists at a pharma company. I out of the blue asked him if he’s in Mensa. He said he was and got in because of his SAT’s. He decided to quit because it was a waste of money. Anyhow, I just wanted to drop in here to understand if your processing speed is a common trait that separates Mensans apart from the general population? I can usually get the answers as my co-worker, but I do need to read things a few times to eventually get the answer. I watch his eyes move and I am in amazement watching how fast he is absorbing the data with a first scan of the information. It’s very impressive and makes me jealous! Anyhow have a good day all of you!

My son has made the travel team the last two years. There are enough players to make three teams and mine has made the second team each year. We just completed our 11u season and just had tryouts. I’ve always considered my kid as average and he’s never been a strong hitter and usually has been batting last. This year he did better and had moved up since practicing batting every day all season. I think his best was moving to the middle of the order. However, he gets in slumps and moves back down.

My point in writing is that I really think the coach sets him up to fail especially when pitching (coming in with bases loaded as well as never pitching in pool play and only bracket) and never getting enough reps in the infield or as pitcher. He pitches in low 50’s. And is very accurate, which does allow hits since he generally is always over the plate, but not many walks. This puts pressure on the fielders which, aren’t all studs.

He generally sits twice with a 12 man roster. I did express this concern about sitting to the coach and he mentioned my son was average to below average in fielding due to aggressiveness and best defensive players will play first. Well, we worked on that and my boy has been more of “laying it all out” to get grounders or diving for balls out of reach. Even though, he still sits first and if innings go long enough he will eventually sit again as the rotation completes. From my observations all our kids make errors no less than my son when playing any position. So none of what the coach is doing with my son makes much sense.

Now for my question.

Below is how our teams are made for the next year.

Player Placement Considerations (in order of operation):

1. Desired Player Commitment Level (Team A, Team B, Team C)

2. Overall Composite Tryout Rankings

3. Tournament Team Coaches Rankings

4. Positional Needs/Balance/Player Positional Preference

So for #3, how much weight does the coaches rank after the season going to matter on making the team, since I really don’t think he likes him? I’m pretty sure he’s going to be ranked rather low even though he had a great tryout. I feel he’s on the bubble. This coach will most likely be his coach again next year. Also, my kid as an unbiased parent is quiet, coachable, never complains is a really good kid overall. Maybe never shows emotion as other kids, but I think he just doesn’t like attention drawn to himself. Shy perhaps, but not to a point of awkward. Just more mature than kids who can’t control themselves. Teachers love him btw. Thanks.

So much talk about AI and anything before it or after. Seems we need to have an easy acronym to separate.

Is this music appealing to younger adults?

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I canibolized an extra link to get one but it's bent and not as secure.