{"id":2595,"date":"2014-08-24T11:23:55","date_gmt":"2014-08-24T16:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gridironstuds.com\/blog\/?p=2595"},"modified":"2014-08-24T11:32:22","modified_gmt":"2014-08-24T16:32:22","slug":"recruiting-school-how-to-make-a-highlight-video-when-you-play-multiple-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gridironstuds.com\/blog\/recruiting-school-how-to-make-a-highlight-video-when-you-play-multiple-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruiting School: How to Make A Highlight Video When You Play Multiple Positions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"peppersplit\"<\/a>By: Chad Wilson – Editor in Chief – GridironStuds Blog<\/strong>
\nTwiiter: @GridironStuds<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

If you play multiple positions on your high school football team it means a couple\u00a0of things. \u00a0First you are a good football player and second you are valuable to your football team. \u00a0This also means that at the end of the year, \u00a0you are going to have your fair share of highlights to put on your highlight video. \u00a0With so many highlights, your video has to be good. \u00a0However, \u00a0there is a right way and a wrong way to make your highlight video when you are a multi-position player.<\/p>\n

The standard way for most players to go about this is to put all of their plays from their primary position at the beginning of the video. \u00a0Then, \u00a0after about five minutes of that, \u00a0they will put their plays from their secondary position and other positions. \u00a0In the normal world of doing things, \u00a0that certainly makes sense. \u00a0In the world of making a highlight video that you want college coaches to watch, \u00a0that is the absolute wrong thing to do.<\/p>\n

Remember that your highlight video is a demo of what you can do. \u00a0It’s your calling card. \u00a0Your highlight video has to invite and entice the college coach into seeking more information about you. \u00a0They do not have time to watch a nine minute highlight video. \u00a0At some point the plays from your primary position are going to be routine and the coach will more than likely move on to the next tape and never see what you can do at those other positions. \u00a0As I have said before, \u00a0most coaches will determine within the first 30-45 seconds of your highlight video if you have the ability to play for their program. \u00a0So why not make that 30-45 seconds the best of you.<\/p>\n

So how do we give your multi-position highlight video that pow that makes them say wow. \u00a0It’s simple, \u00a0put your best plays first regardless of what position you made them from. \u00a0Furthermore, I would recommend the early part of your video show the best play from each position you played. \u00a0So for instance, \u00a0you play WR, DB and you return kicks. \u00a0Here’s what the first 6\u00a0plays of your video should look like:<\/p>\n

Play #1: \u00a050 yd TD reception
\nPlay #2: \u00a085 yard kick off return for TD
\nPlay #3: 25 yard INT return for TD
\nPlay #4: \u00a040 yard slant pass caught where you broke a tackle and scored a TD
\nPlay #5: \u00a0big hit on receiver that caught a ball across the middle
\nPlay #6: \u00a055 yard punt return for a TD<\/p>\n

That’s a whole lot better than making that coach wait 6.5 minutes to see that 85 yard kick off return because that’s where you put all your special teams plays on your highlight video. \u00a0With the example above, \u00a0you have caught the attention of the wide receiver coach, \u00a0defensive back coach and the special teams coach for the program you are interested in playing for all in the first 30 seconds. \u00a0Now you have three times the chance of being recruited by that program as at least one of those coaches may see the value in you as a player.<\/p>\n

If you have made a quality amount of plays at each position you can continue the pattern of one offensive play, one defensive play then one special teams play. \u00a0If the plays are routine, \u00a0first of they should not be on your highlight video but slide those routine plays further back in your video. \u00a0Put all the explosive, spectacular plays closer to the front. \u00a0You want to display what kind of athlete you are. Programs are in love with recruiting athletes these days. \u00a0They favor that over great high school players. \u00a0They are recruiting body types and playmakers. \u00a0Appeal to that with your highlight video. \u00a0They figure they can always mold you into what they want.<\/p>\n

I would also recommend that you then go ahead and make a longer version of your highlight video where you put all of your plays in compartments or even use the Hudl program to make a special teams highlight reel, an offensive highlight reel and a defensive highlight reel. \u00a0However, \u00a0that SHOULD NOT take the place of your short highlight video ( 2 to 4 min.) that shows the best plays from each position mixed together.<\/p>\n

Just some food for thought as you go about compiling those highlights for the great season you are about to have on the GRIDIRON.<\/p>\n

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