2024 Recruiting: Liam McNeeley

[Waquoit]

It's not whether we are good at it. It's that the majority of people just don't find it very entertaining. We are a ratings/money driven society. Believe me, if enough people liked it and it was profitable, it would be on tv like the NFL.

"We" have a game coming up on CBS at 3pm today. Not CBSSN, CBS. That counts as being on TV.

 

[HooperScooper]

McNeeley, a 6-foot-7 shooter out of Montverde Academy in Florida, is slated to take an official visit to UConn on Monday and Tuesday. A five-star recruit, he is the No. 15 overall prospect in the Class of 2024, per 247Sports.com's composite rankings.

Liam McNeeley, a national top-20 recruit, slated to visit UConn men's basketball team

Liam McNeeley, a 6-foot-7 shooter and national top-15 recruit, will take an official visit to the NCAA champion UConn men's basketball team.

www.nhregister.com

 

[JMick]

At the risk of derailing further…

Do the people that have sunk serious money into their children’s sports careers feel it was a worthwhile investment?

I have a 1 year old and another on the way, so will potentially be dealing with this over the coming years.

After having a very athletics focused childhood myself, I am now of the opinion that local rec/travel leagues are probably sufficient to get the benefits of sports (kids learn how to work as part of a team, deal with adversity, etc).

I don’t see the value in the high end travel leagues. I suppose the benefit there is either the prestige associated with it, or the desire to get a college scholarship out of it?

It depends how good the kid is and what they want to get out of it. A lot of teams and programs are a joke and aren't worth the money but the counter argument is that the best competition is mostly in those leagues. If I played local travel baseball I wouldn't have seen pitching higher than the low/mid 80s except for a couple high school games a year. In AAU I was facing guys throwing 90 every tournament.

The flip side is that local is more fun. Kids have more time to do things other than "sport" every day of the week. You see your other friends more often and you're not missing things like 4th of July parties. If I went back and did it again I'd have just played on my town team. I didn't even want to play in college and looking back I'm not sure why I bothered with AAU.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

McNeeley, a 6-foot-7 shooter out of Montverde Academy in Florida, is slated to take an official visit to UConn on Monday and Tuesday. A five-star recruit, he is the No. 15 overall prospect in the Class of 2024, per 247Sports.com's composite rankings.

Liam McNeeley, a national top-20 recruit, slated to visit UConn men's basketball team

Liam McNeeley, a 6-foot-7 shooter and national top-15 recruit, will take an official visit to the NCAA champion UConn men's basketball team.

www.nhregister.com

What's a post about McNeeley doing in this thread?

 

[jimva]

At the risk of derailing further…

Do the people that have sunk serious money into their children’s sports careers feel it was a worthwhile investment?

I have a 1 year old and another on the way, so will potentially be dealing with this over the coming years.

After having a very athletics focused childhood myself, I am now of the opinion that local rec/travel leagues are probably sufficient to get the benefits of sports (kids learn how to work as part of a team, deal with adversity, etc).

I don’t see the value in the high end travel leagues. I suppose the benefit there is either the prestige associated with it, or the desire to get a college scholarship out of it?

Depends on kids talents and desire/commitment. I had one son who was a very good hockey player. He went to a private high school to play and then played in college. My daughter was the same with soccer and was being heavily recruited until she tore ACL at end of junior year. My youngest boy was an okay hockey player and for him it was just fun so he didn’t play high end club with a lot of travel.

I always told my kids that we are happy to provide them opportunities, but they had to take initiative. Parents also need to be realistic about their kids abilities and not put them in a place where they can’t be successful.

 

[2014DualCs]

I’m sitting here trying to get the latest on McNeeley and getting soccer talk/travel sports good for your kid content instead lol figure it out people

 

[Fishy]

I swam in HS and would have continued with it had I gone to a DIII school instead of DI, and I didn't hate it but, man, what a solitary sport. At practice, your head's under water 90% of the time and when it's not, you're gasping for breath.

I hear what you're saying and if my kids are into it when they get older, that'll work for me. Unfortunately, so far their ceiling looks less like Michael Phelps/Katie Ledecky and more like this:

Much more social than people think. You’re in lanes with folk and you’re chatting after sets. During meets, you’re racing for maybe ten minutes total and socializing the rest of the time. My daughter has life long friends that I struggle to recognize if they’re not wearing a swim cap and goggles.

Key to swimming is starting them young. A very average club swimmer is a killer against high school-only swimmers.