I commonly deal with scandinavian as white. Is there anyway to combat this?

#37

"A simpler way to look at the tempo advantage against the retreated queen, is to just look at the state of the board after White's 4th move."
++ It is unfair to look after white's move: look after black's 3rd move 3...Qd8. White has 1 piece into play Nc3 and black has none, so white is 1 tempo up. After 3...Qa5 or 3...Qd6 you could say the tempo count is even, as white has Nc3 developed and black Qa5/Qd6. However, the queen has to go to c7 anyway hence lose a tempo, so the queen can be at d8 just as well as at a5 or d6. 

"it's reasonable to trade the loss in tempo with the exchange of the central pawn."
++ the pawn capture 2 exd5 loses a tempo just as well.

I don't know if it helps since I'm a noob but here's a game I won in the scandinavian:

#43, #45
That is why it is prudent for black to play ...Qc7.

Then you dont know how to play the Scandinavian.

Someone should link him the free Chessable course John Bartholomew did on the Scandi to help him at least get some idea on how to play it ...

Pls send that link, JB is the one who inspired me to take the scandi seriously.

I really like their free courses.  Very well done for the most part.

I was hoping someone else would do it so I didn't have to dig through my archive

The paid course can be found here:  https://www.chessable.com/im-john-bartholomews-scandinavian-defense/course/79/

He greatly expanded the ideas there.  The free course that gives you a good introduction to the opening can be found here:  https://www.chessable.com/im-john-bartholomews-scandinavian-free-version/course/104/

There are also a few anti-scandi courses on Chessable that are very good.

Sometimes I accidentally play this opening by pre-moving my first move as black.

I have a problem with impatience.