Video Example

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There's some videos on the front page (middle left) including one of Scott Kazmir in HS.

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Old string, filled with a bit of advertising. Thought I would add what I found in a recent web search as to what should be shot:

Note: Much of this comes from the ncsa.com web site, Note that for all of the NCSA instructions, they take what you send them and professionally edit them down to a concise video much smaller in length.

with some coming from a fellow by the name of Mike Liberatore who runs a recruiting venue out of Florida I believe. Here is http://www.baseballrecruitsonline.com/: not a great site but since I'm quoting an ezine article he wrote its only fair.Liberatore's link Actually, his article is worth reading, I only wish the promised follow up articles could be found. Click here for the ezine article.

Note II: There is some missing info below, continue the thread by filling in the blanks or commenting on what worked for you.

Do we have to spend big bucks or can home video, good editing, and YouTube save the day?

• Baseball video should show skill set rather than game highlights: POP times, Home to First times, 60, throwing velocity.
• Footage over 5 minutes should have a video log, coaches prefer 5 minutes MAX
• Up to 25 plays, with play descriptions
• DVD Format for sending to coaches, Test on two machines first
• You Tube Account
• Video on all skill positions
• In Uniform
• Use a tripod, 5 feet off the ground
• Unobstructed view, not through fence
• No zooming
• Stop watch easily seen in film

60 Yard Dash: outfield or large facility, OF Foul line to CF, 2 to 3 times and have stopwatch in view or Pan to it: Show running form and speed
Hitting: from a pitcher, no soft toss, seven swings and rest, use aluminum not wood (?): Film 15 swings from behind the catcher, and 15 swings 5 feet directly to the right of the plate (ForRH hitter)
Third Base: filmed from 4 ft to the right of the plate for half, and 4 feet behind 3B for half being sure to see 1B catching ball:
4 Ground balls directly at you
4 groundballs to your left
4 to your backhand
4 slow choppers directly at you

Catcher:
o Camera 10 feet in front of catcher, show 4 framing pitches, 2 pitches on each corner
o Camera 2 feet to the left, and 5 feet in front of the mound, Blocking pitiches
 5 directly in front of you, 5 to your left, 5 to your right
o Camera 3 feet behind 2B for half, and 2 feet behind catcher for half, able to 2B from all angles, pop and throws, panning to stopwatch.
o Camera 3 feet behind the catcher, and able to see 3B, show 4 throws to third
o Camera 3 feet behind catcher and able to see 1B, show:
 Mock bunts and throws to 1B: 3 up the 1B line, 3 up 3B line

Outfield: Camera 15 feet in front of player, and 5 feet left, focus on movement in the field:
• 3 gb directly at you and throw to 3B
• 2 to your left and 2 to your right, throw to 3B
• 2 fly balls to your left and and 2 to your right, throw to 3B
With camera behind home plate showing both RF and C, focus on throwing accuracy and arm strength:
• 5 gb directly at you and throw home
• 5 fb directly at you and throw home

Resulting video should be no more than 3 minutes per position shown, preferably no more than 5 5.5 minutes long

Tool One: Bat Speed: Wood bat, ball, digital video camera, radar gun, soft toss or tee
Kneel behind hitter as a catcher, and point radar gun at player. Have radar gun in camera frame, and/or zoom to it just after reading.
Player should hit low line drives straight back through the back of the cage.
Be sure to get the reading from behind the player, not the front or side.
Tool Two:
Tool Three:
Tool Four:
Tool Five:
Editing
Assuring Viewing

Also, found this in another string from years ago:

quote:

Originally posted by Skillshow1:
If I can add a little insight to the Recruiting Video discussion...
We have filmed over 50,000 athletes in multiple sports around the country and we CONTINUE to learn and listen to coaches on what value they can get from "video".

The clearest knowledge we have is that video is a great tool to show 3 things:
1. athleticism
2. body type
3. basic mechanics

Remmber "video" is "information" just like stats, scouting reports, etc. When scouting a player, recruiters needs as much 'information' as possible, so video can be extremely useful.

Imagine paying to see movies in the theater without seeing a 30-second trailer first...you could waste time & money on something you never wanted to see. Now think of the time & cost of a coach/scout to travel and see hundreds to thousands of players! Our goal is to 'enhance the scouting process with video & internet technologies'. So far, we have gotten great feedback from the scouting community...but we never stop asking how to improve our service.

There is no exact way to produce a players video, but if you can demonstrate those 3 things in a presentation that is 5 minutes or less, then you are doing the viewer (coach or scout) a huge favor. If you can get it online with updated personal information, you can minimize delays in your recruiting process.

Here is another from 2005:

quote:

Originally posted by Players-Profile:
I would suggest you go to our website at http://www.players-profile.com. Click on the video icon in the lefthand column. We have talked to literally hundreds of college coaches throughout the country and they have asked us to give them the following this type of video footage:
1. Interview - Name, age, class yr, grad date, school, position.
2. Running the 60 yard dash - Time it!
3. Running from home to first - Time it!
4. Hitting - Film from the openside, by example, if your son is a righthanded hitter the camera will be on the 1st base side. Get at least (10) good swings. Throw soft toss but the ball should be on a straight line. Try not to have an arc in the toss or it will cause a loop in the swing.
5. Fielding (3) flys going to his right, (3) flys going to his left, (3) flys straight away and then doing the crow hop and throwing to 3rd base. Place (2) orange cones 225' from centerfield to 3rd base and time the throw from glove to glove.

I hope this helps you! If you have any other questions you may call or e-mail me.

Larry O'Brien
949-249-9966
larry@players-profile.com

Strengthen this post today! Especially you lurkers who have not yet signed up!

How about for pitchers? Angles? Number of total pitches? Number of pitches for each type of pitch (i.e. fastball, slider, change-up, etc.)?

The actual site I found this at is: http://www.ncsasports.org/clon...ons/video-guidelines

This Link

Pitchers:

• Pitchers should log:
o Begin recording these pitches AFTER a complete warm-up.
o We must be able to see the catcher catch the ball at all times.
o With RHP camera angle set up 3 ft. to the right and 5 ft. behind the mound to be able to see ball movement. LHP should be to the left.
 Log 10 varied pitches, with fastball at least 5 of them
 Log 10 varied pitches out of the stretch, with fastball at least 5 of them
o With camera angle set up 3 ft. behind the right-handed batters box for RHP and 3 ft. behind the left-handed batters box for LHP
 Log 10 varied pitches, with fastball at least 5 of them
 Log 10 varied pitches out of the stretch, with fastball at least 5 of them


Note that for all of the NCSA instructions, they take what you send them and professionally edit them down to a concise video much smaller in length.

We have a great relationship with NCSA & their list of video angles is a good one. Remember to show the pitcher's body, mechanics, and a few angles that includes a closeup.

Skillshow also professionally edits home videos & we post them on Skillshow.com & BaseballWebTV & send to NCSA, if they are clients of theirs too. Very often we get footage from parents that is too far away from the subject so its hard to really see their mechanics.

Get a front view, a side view, & a view (back or front) that shows the carry of the ball to the catcher. Balls & strikes are not the most important, nor is throwing a full arsenal of different pitches. If you cannot throw a fastball or if you have poor mechanics in general, that will be the first thing a coach cares about. They can teach breaking balls & changeups at the next level. Its all about 'projectability', not how exact & hard you throw today. They know what they are looking for, so don't keep yourself a secret or delay getting video out becuase you can't get all the exact angles.

Good luck! If we can ever help, call us at Skillshow.