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Coach Taylor – How important is it to edit your video before sending it to college coaches?

The purpose of your highlight or skills tape is to allow the college coach to make an initial evaluation of your ability.  With that knowledge, you should take every step needed to ensure that they will be able to effectively find and analyze your abilities on the video you are sending.  The amount of editing will depend on the quality of your raw footage.  Have an objective third party watch the footage and ask them this question, “Can you quickly and easily locate me on the field?” 

I have included some example below to show the differences between videos that have been edited and those that have been untouched.  Which ones will be easier for a college coach to evaluate?

During my days as a Recruiting Coordinator, we might only look at a video for 15-30 seconds before making a decision on an athlete.  It might sound unfair but it’s the reality.  If the video was not done right or we could not locate the athlete, we were moving on. 

This critical need for quality highlight or skills footage is why NCSA has a full time video department to ensure that NCSA Verified Recruits will be putting their best foot forward.

Send your recruiting questions to askcoachtaylor@ncsasports.org

You can also get your questions answered directly by contacting an NCSA Recruiting Coordinator at 866-579-6272.

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