How to Create Your Recruiting Highlight Video to Get Noticed by College Coaches

Include a highlight video in your introductory email to college coaches to provide them with a sense of your abilities and stimulate recruiting interest. It's important to provide the proper types of clips and components.
To review, make sure that your first 3 or 4 clips jump out at them and try to limit the full video to 90 seconds in length. Keep it relevant to your position or event. Make sure you also note your basic athletic and contact info including your name, school, height, weight, email address, and phone number.

As an example, here's a review of how to put together a highlight video for basketball as a point of reference for the level of detail required to use for your sport: For basketball highlights, know that catch and shoot three pointers, free throws, layup lines and break away layups are filler and a waste. Show your shot creativity and shot making skills. Address situations where you are creating shots for teammates. Add a piece where you are displaying athleticism on defense. More and more coaches are asking for EVERY shot a player takes and video platforms such as huddle provide that capability. They want to see form, release point and release time as well as finishing ability. They want to see reads of defenses such as off-ball screens in delivering pocket passes or pops to the weak side. Those clips serve as an introduction to the video and then full game video with stats must accompany it. Beware that If you create a highlight film with every one of your made three pointers or assists, they will know the truth as soon as they get the full film.
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If you're still unsure of what to include, reach out and get from us or other college coaches in your sport or contact me for a free 30 minute expert consultation.