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Why Game Video is a Must for College Recruiting

 

The fact is, college coaches don’t have the time or budget to evaluate many games or events in person and having video has become a must for college coaches to easily evaluate you or your child’s college recruiting and scholarship potential. Having game video and a recruiting highlight video in place before the recruiting starts for you is a critical step to maximize exposure and guarantee a college coaches proper recruiting evaluation.

 

* College coaches WILL request game video if they like what they’ve seen on your highlight video or would like to further evaluate your talent.

 

How to Market Yourself to Colleges Around Country

 

Most college programs aren’t able to travel to many tournaments outside of their regional area. Making sure you have quality video on file will allow you to market yourself to colleges around the country. To make it even easier, having online profile with video will save you time, money and make it easy for college coaches to evaluate you.

 

5 ways to get game video?

 

1.    Ask your coaches if they have any film on file or if they are planning on filming games.

2.    See if there is another parent on the team that is dedicated to filming the games.

3.    Find a local videographer to film a game or get some practice video footage that’s necessary. 

4.    Find the videographer at the tournaments you are playing in.

5.    Purchase an inexpensive video camera and tripod to film games yourself.

 

Filming isn’t as difficult as most parents believe and it might be the key to saving thousands of dollars. We’ve even seen parents using their Iphone or Flip Camera to get quality video footage in short clips.

 

What games should I film?

We recommend filming the games versus the best competition. The reality is college coaches want to see how you play against top competition and how well you can perform. If you play in an area that doesn’t have great competition then wait until you play in a competitive tournament that does.  Take advantage of these opportunities to get quality video. 

 

What type of video should you send to college coaches?

 

The type of video depends on the sport you play. What college coaches typically want first is a highlight video to quickly evaluate your skill level before reviewing a full game video. Your highlight video should be between 3 - 5 minutes in length and the first 30 seconds should highlight your overall skill level, athleticism, and attitude.  A college coach does not want to see you only scoring goals or just repeating the same type of play over and over again. It is important to help a coach get a quality evaluation of your skills. Once a coach requests game video you will want to provide them with a full game video or two different halves of a game.

 

Our staff of College Recruiting Experts has developed a proven Step-by-Step College Recruiting and Athletic Scholarship system so you can know what to do and when and how to do it.

If you have any questions or you would like to learn more about the college recruiting process and our custom college recruiting highlight video packages contact one of our college recruiting experts at 858.350.5889 or visit www.sportsforceonline.com.



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