Creating Clips for Your Playlists

Providing college coaches with high-quality, professional footage is one of the most impactful steps you can take in your recruiting journey. While having great plays is the foundation, how you present them makes the difference between a glance and a full evaluation. Creating clips for your Playlists empowers you to add essential context like jersey numbers and captions, as well as tag what skills you're showcasing in each clip. Mastering these features allows you to build a Playlist that captures a coach's attention and provides them with everything they need to make a confident evaluation of your abilities.

What Type of Videos Can I Use for My Playlists? 

Student-athletes can use the following types of video for their Playlists:

• ✅ Video files uploaded to the Athlete Video Library
• ✅ Videos synced from video partners like Balltime, sidelineHD, and NLV.
• ✅ Highlight reels embedded from Hudl.
• ✅ Event game film purchased through SportsRecruits or Cross Street Sports.
• ✅ Event game film bundled in a Pro subscription of IWLCARecruits or IMLCARecruits. Note: Subscription-bundled film is specific to men’s and women’s lacrosse accounts with Pro Subscriptions (IMLCARecruits Pro and IWLCARecruits Pro, respectively).

Keep in mind, student-athletes can NOT use the following types of video for their Playlists: 

• ❌ Videos embedded from YouTube
• ❌ Videos embedded from Vimeo
• ⚠️ Event game film bundled in IWLCARecruits and IMLCARecruits Pro cannot be used when the athlete account status is Free or Expired.

How do I Create Clips for my Playlists? (Clip Editing Tool)

Before creating clips for your Playlists, you first need to access the clip editing tool on your athlete profile. There are two ways to access this tool:

1. Start by creating a playlist and then choosing the “Create New Clips” option in the “Add Clips” side panel within the Playlist Editor. 
2. Start in the Athlete Video Library, click the Gear Icon for a specific video, and select the “Clips” option in the dropdown.

Once you’ve entered the clip editing tool for a specific video, use the following steps to create clips:

1. Trim the clip: Set the start and end times using the yellow handles or by typing the exact timestamps.
2. Add clip information: Skills: (Required) Tag the specific skills shown.
   1. Jersey Info: (Recommended) Add your jersey number and color.
   2. Caption: (Optional) Add context for the coach.
3. Add Isolation Effects: Click the + Effect button to add a spotlight/circle to identify yourself in the frame. Select your style and color, then click Save Effect.
4. Click Done: Once finished, you can publish these clips directly to your profile or save them to your library.

Once you have created all of the clips you want to use, you can begin Building Your Playlists.