<p>Son (football lineman) is thinking of using a recruiting site that wants a highlight video to upload. Can anyone recommend a service they have used or software that has helped create a highlight video? I am not technically savvy and not sure how to go about creating a highlight video. What is the general cost to have one made? We do have DVDs of his best junior games and plan on buying our own video camera for the upcoming senior fall season. </p>
<p>Son has been sending the recruiting questionaires, transcript and a whole game film in which he was particularly effective to colleges he is interested in. This has generated some interest but now he would also like to post a highlight film. Any suggestions/tips you may have are appreciated.</p>
<p>I wish I could help, but I can’t figure out how to post or upload my son’s dvd hi-lite film…which was provided by his school.</p>
<p>My son was at a showcase on Friday, where Primescout.com was present, and gave a talk about their services. I believe it is endorsed/run by the Hasselbeck family (Don, Matt, Tim). I haven’t looked at it in depth yet. </p>
<p>There are so many services out there. They claim to be bonafied third parties - trusted sources for routing qualified candidates to college coaches. My nephew just signed up with NCSA because he won the service at an area NU combine. </p>
<p>Good luck…and please let us know what you discover.</p>
<p>These are my suggestions from my own experience last year.</p>
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<li><p>I used Pinnacle Studio for my DS sport - soccer. It is a very good software and good for me to use it. It is little bit complicated for a new user but they have tutorial video on their web site. For me it took me 1 to 2 hours to know how to use. Some advance functions it took a awhile but really doesn’t have to use it.</p></li>
<li><p>If I am going to spend money to get equipment, software and profession service, I would rather spend the money on profession people to take video for you. For DS’s sport is very difficult to fellow and watch at the same time due to speed of ball and player, and a large field to be covered. I didn’t enjoy the last season of my son’s play because either I didn’t doing right on the video part or did not see real play on the field. (couldn’t focus the game and forget to point the camera).</p></li>
<li><p>Editing video part is easy and you can do it or you kid. The most of difficult part was recording and searched the right clicks. It was time consuming and a tedious job. I don’t believe they can do it for you unless you like to spend ton of money. I can’t afford it. Finding the right clicks is what do you want to present your son. It is very hard for my son and his sport. He didn’t score or a supper star who has a lot ball handing. So I presented the video to coaches was how he control the pace of game and the decision to engage and disengage the game. The effort you put is tremendous of time. One of coach common that he can see the effort I put together. I did the all the last fall. If you have collect all the games videos then it will be much easy.</p></li>
<li><p>Also the angle of recording is important. For a soccer filed we did not have bleach chairs as higher ground. Recording from ground level is not recommended. Coach complained that he couldn’t see who was playing, position of player and speed of player. Maybe your sport is different.</p></li>
<li><p>There are two formats, one for highlight and one for game play. I think you got your game play set and but still looking for highlight which is a continues on going job if you don’t have. I started late the last year. After I finished it the last late Nov. and send to coach and released to web site, we got a lot responds from coaches but it was too late but still good for admission. Again it is soccer. I don’t know your son sport.</p></li>
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<p>If you don’t have highlight raw videos yet and he is going be a senior, it will be a long process but hanging there. You will go through it and you wouldn’t regret . I did it and my son got a full ride but is not a athletic scholarship thought.</p>
<p>Check your local yellow pages for athletic video services. . . or ask a football coach at your high school. With football being the “big” sport in many places, the football coaches will be the ones who may have contacts. Locally here, there is a man who does highlight videos mostly for football, but he will do other sports on an individual basis. He automatically gets a game video from our high school after every football game; it’s an arrangement with the school because he does a lot of videos for various kids. He does all the editing. It was a very reasonable cost – less than $200 – for a five-minute video with the little arrows marking where our son was – and then five extra copies. For other sports, you have to supply him the video. </p>
<p>Our son’s other sport is soccer and yes, it is difficult to record a soccer game and watch it at the same time. Use a fluid-head tripod if you can; makes the video much smoother.</p>
<p>You are lucky MaryOC to get a highlight film from the coach. We can get a copy of the whole game only. That is a great idea cgpm59. The DVDs I have are copies of the games taken by the community channel. I am going to contact them and see if they know someone locally who can edit them for us quickly. Thanks for the tips Soccer92boy - we are going to buy a camcorder in the fall so that we can create our own highlights for the first few senior games. It is football and he is a lineman, so they will be quicker shots than soccer.</p>
<p>My son’s school tapes every game from up high… they also have the editing software to make hi-lite films from them. The players, themselves, must spend the time to go through the game films to tag the plays they want to include… and an assistant coach in the athletic office does the actual editing to piece together the dvd. We bought blank dvd’s and had copies burned where my dh works.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that Senior year, colleges want to see films of a player’s first few full games, in addition to any hi-lites you provide.</p>
<p>Highlights are not as important. Lineman can eaily throw a man off for the highlight play.
Coaches want to know this is a sustained season/game long effort. The player does not “take plays off”.</p>
<p>Coaches are looking for size and agility in your technique/stance. Explosive punch coming off the snap of ball with great energy lets them know the player has engulfed his competition with upper body strength. A wide base helps a player to maintain body control and gives the player strong legs and agility to drive the opponent off the line.</p>
<p>Can the player gather himself and redirect in space? </p>
<p>Provide a short shuttle speed and ten yard split time.</p>
<p>I would not pay for someone to make films … use the money you would pay for a service to give the coach new/additional dvd writeable setup and pay for their mailing.</p>
<p>I have never seen a high school coach with out a game film.
Have your player ask to borrow or to stay after practice/go early/use a study hall to burn his own. Many schools, (HYP) send own blanks for their recruits to burn.</p>
<p>Know, too, coaches get tons of unrequested film, without interns/ assistants to help view, many only become “coasters” in the office.</p>
<p>i agree with author and MaryOc. Full game films are what coaches are really looking for. My son was a recruited lineman last year, going to a NEScac and the coaches wanted full game films of the first few games senior year. Other coaches recruited after seeing in person, then said send tape and they also wanted full game film.</p>
<p>Coaches know the game with highlight film. People can pull only the best play of the game or skew it anyway they want. Some coaches told us not to bother with highlight films and they especially didnt want any with sound or subtitles. They told the boys at camp they turn off the sound. What middle age men want to listen to the same music as teenagers. </p>
<p>They also want to jump to the end of the game and see how the lineman is holding up. Is he in condition, still making plays etc. I would not spend the money on the editing. If you really want to do it, hire a high school kid, they are the most savy.</p>
<p>Thanks all – I am glad to hear that whole game films are desirable, because that is what he has been doing - he has been mailing them out and it has generated some interest. I thought he needed a highlight film to post as well online - that is what a recruiting service was really pushing at a recent camp. Do you all post whole game films online? One firm’s package will post highlights as well as a whole game. It was expensive though, I think around $400. Do you think sending a whole game via mail is an effective way? That is what we have been doing, and it has worked as far as getting initial interest and contact established.</p>
<p>I think you said it all…“- that is what a recruiting service was really pushing at a recent camp.” They want to make money. A lot of camps and these services are just that, moneymakers. </p>
<p>If you really want a highlight tape, if your high school has a video production program, or someone from your local cable channel might be interested, but really a talented teen can put this together. You can also buy computer programs to do the highlight tape… I have used Pinnacle and Apple has a movie maker that is really good, but again, the coaches want game film. If you still have doubts, send an email and ask them specifically. Highlight films are great for Youtube, but not much for the coaching world or so I have been told.</p>