Video page for recruiting

Awesome. Good luck to your son.

Looks real nice. IMO, I think the sound could be eliminated.

Sending you a PM.

Thank you for the well wishes and feedback.

I was just told that he thinks the background pic made it too flashy, so I changed it to a textured background.

Not bad! Most of these are terrible

I wrote a blog post for pitchers on how we do our recruiting videos. We've had a lot of success with them. At the end of the day it comes down to verifiable results - velocity w/ radar gun in shot, 60 time with stopwatch in shot, bat exit velocity off a radar gun on a field to see trajectory, etc.

https://www.drivelinebaseball....will-actually-watch/

Thanks Kyle. I love that video you posted. Very impactful with the camera placement and radar gun. I am trying to get him to record a 60 and some velo for infield throws asap...

I've always heard you should be brief in number of videos presented.  Show position specific skills and move on.  To me and as a parent, I like having all of that video of my sons, but I would think that you should trim it down to the best, eye catching stuff for the prospective very busy coaches.

A video should be no more than 2  1/2 min long. Showing hitting and fielding mechanics from different angles only. Coaches will not go through anything longer. This will get some interest only and will want to see the player in person.

IMO it is a nice video but should have one video showing all and do away with sound. Not even music.

Good Luck

No sound.

What's interesting about him?  Can you list 3 to 5 bullet points?

No sound? Do you mean eliminate the sound?

Is your question directed at me the OP?

Thanks.

Or maybe you are saying, "turn off the sound and tell me what is interesting about him?"

Very nice. I tend to think the sound "makes" the videos personally but that's just me. 

That's an awesome site. If for nothing else, personal collection.  Can you itemize your videos in the order you would like them presented?   If so, you could do a main "pro workout" video, I.e., hitting, fielding, throwing and 60 time (the 2 1/2 minute version).  Then you could separate out game footage of hitting, fielding and base running. 

They can get the quick low-down on him in the short video.  If they like him, they can view more.   

For in game footage, I think the background noise makes it. 

He looks athletic. 

Thanks for the comments. Yes, I can dictate the order of the videos... that is why I went with a website instead of YouTube. I am hoping to get video of his 60, velo on throws, etc. in the near future.

Interesting about the sound. It seems it is about 50/50 on having sound or not.

Thanks again everyone.

SultanofSwat posted:

No sound.

I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote this.  I don't care for music, but sound from the game is good.

Apologies.

Not sure i have much to add about the layout, video critique etc but i love the DPs being turned. Son was a MIF and watching your son and his guys turn those bought back some "pre-PO" memories of him on the infield.

Turn2, great video. Your son is awesome. Good luck to him.

I'm in the process of trying that myself. What video camera did you use? 

I appreciate the comments everyone.

Thanks for the clarification Sultan.

2nd, I used a Casio high speed and a Panasonic. They have taken a beating and I will have to get another camera soon. I don't think it really matters on the camera and what I have been looking for lately is a camera that shoots at 60 frames per second for a better quality video (if anyone knows of one please let me know). I can't find one, but I did find out that an iPhone 6 shoots at 60 fps, so I will be using my iPhone for now. If you go here and look at the second video, it was shot from my iPhone. The video is just smoother, especially if you do slow motion.

http://www.turnin2.info/#!game-highlight-videos/cee5

To set your iPhone at 60 fps, go to settings, select  photos and camera, then turn on "record at 60 fps."

I have spoken to some professional video guys in the past and the number one thing they tell me is to keep the camera still, so I use a tripod and set it where I think it will cover the plays. I have seen many videos where the camera is moving and I think it's tough on the eyes and wouldn't last very long when trying to get/keep a recruiting coordinator's attention. Just my opinion...

Thanks and good luck!