What to put in a video

Holden,

You might want to read this older post it has some information that should help you out. Particularly the post by Skillshow1

Video

Hope this helps

Thanks! That string is helpful, but it seems to deal almost exclusively with pitchers.

Remember you are not shooting a home video. Show just the important skills sets in game action. Cut out the excess. It is best to show him against recognized teams especially when batting.

Holden try this one read what TSfan has to say, should be more helpful hopefully

Recruit Video

Doc_K,

That one was spot-on. Thanks!

Doc that is an excellent post.
I used DVD witch allows you to have several videos. When the recruiter opens the DVD he sees several videos from which he can choose. I put a description below each video and had photos and a fact sheet. The guy could say I want to look at this one and not the others. There were probably 15 videos ranging from 2 innings to a complete game. The video could be started and stopped at any time and go to another if he wantede or not. I had coaches who looked at every video which probably took 12-15 hrs and ask for more as the current season progressed. The one guy who played in the Yankee organization said he enjoyed the games. If you can get them interested they will look at quite a bit. I just gave them the choice.

"The High School Athlete's Guide to College Baseball" put out by collegeboundsports.com has a very nice section on creating a video, and I can't reiterate enough how satisfied we were with Skillshow. It was pretty pricey but for me it was worth it.

Keep the tape short in the 5 minutes range. Make sure to put your son's contact info on the tape in case it is separated from your cover letter. I included some BP and fielding practice and mixed in some short game footage from live games and showcases he attended. If you can file his 60 yd dash at the showcases it may help show how athletic and fast he is.