With my kickstand up, I'm able to move it in towards my tire and pull it away from the tire like so:




Just wondering if this is normal

If the mounting plate doesn't move: yes, that's normal--there is a small amount of play in the joint, even in high quality kickstands from Pletscher/ESGE and the American knockoff Greenfield (not to imply Greenfield doesn't make a good product!).

If the mounting plate moves in front of the tire, then tighten it a 1/16th-1/8th of a turn, and repeat until it stops moving. If you think you'll damage the bike doing so (no kickstand plate/ uncomfortable doing it?), bring it to a shop for them to deal with.

It can be very hard to get a between the chainstays kickstand to be snug enough to not move. I far prefer a kickstand that mounts further back and attaches to the left side chainstay and seatstay*. If you must use the type you have then a piece of 1/8" or 1/4" rubber between the kickstand and the bottom of the cyhainstays or plate will help keep the kickstand in place.

* the chainstay/seastay mounted kickstand has ther advantage that when off the bike you can lean the bike a bit to the left and turn the pedals. That is a great thing if you ever need to adjust a derailler or put on a thrown chain.

Cheers

Most kickstands tend to come loose and since the design idea seems to be "let's just do the one bolt" over and over again, I wouldn't bother with one. Use your rear wheel as a natural kickstand (assuming no fenders and possibly no rack) or if you are so desperate for one get one that mounts as Miele Man has mentioned,

Really though if you tend to lock up your bike often you don't use it much so again no need for one.

The only kickstands that I have seen that were anything good mounted to Scott SUBs before 2015 (in 2015 they added fenders and the mount for the fenders gets in the way of the kickstand) Their kickstand used a proprietary 2 bolt pattern and used v shaped tubing that tucked up under the chainstay so you didn't even notice it aside from a small foot pod.

I love the kickstand I've got. I got tired of having to lean the bike up against something, even temporarily between pulling the bike out of the garage and putting on my helmet & gloves for example. Plus the paint was starting to get scratched after I leaned it up against something and the bike shifted and started to fall over.

I went to a LBS and got a very good kickstand which mounts to the rear of the bike just forward of the rear dropout on the left seatstay and chainstay. It clamps on with three bolts and is very secure and strong. Even came with plastic buffers to protect the bike's paint if I ever want to take it off. The kickstand hangs next to the tire while the bike is in motion, so there's no chance the pedal or your heel will hit it while pedaling.

I came close to buying a kickstand similar to this from Amazon, but that one only clamps to the chainstay, not the chainstay and seatstay. After reading the reviews, I wasn't very impressed because it was apparently made all from aluminum and appeared to be easy to strip out the bolt holes which mount it to the bike by over tightening. Plus mixing aluminum with steel bolts isn't a good idea.

You can see the kickstand in this pic:

Permatex Never-Seize. I use it on the lug nuts on all my vehicles, but then I'm probably one of the few people that actually uses a torque wrench to tighten them when I change a tire. I also use it on bottom brackets, kickstand bolts, quill stem bolts, etc., someday the next person to remove them will thank me for it.