If you want to be recruited as a collegiate athlete, having video available for coaches to view is crucial to your recruiting process. College coaches, now more than ever, want to be able to recruit from the comfort of their own home, or office; therefore, having video on your platform will make it that much easier for college coaches to properly evaluate you.  With our platform, you have access to upload an unlimited amount of video for coaches to view, as well as to add all of your academic and athletic information. Here we will discuss the importance of video, the types of video to be uploading, and the resources SportsRecruits has to help with this part of the process. 

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The Importance of Video In Recruiting

Here at SportsRecruits, we understand that video is a need in the recruiting process.  Therefore, we encourage you to upload video as soon as you can in order to get college coaches' attention. Through years of proprietary data, we have found that adding video will increase your chances of college coaches viewing your profile.

• College coaches are more likely to view profiles that include video, and they’re also more likely to message athletes whose profiles feature video.
• Through video, it gives college coaches the opportunity to recruit you without seeing you in person. This greatly increases the amount of exposure you can get because you are no longer limited to being reviewed by coaches in your area or who are able to travel to an event you are attending, etc. 
• College coaches are able to easily evaluate you as a student-athlete to determine if you meet the athletic requirements and would be a good fit for their program. They can also seamlessly share the link to your profile with other college coaches at their program to evaluate you as well. 

For these reasons, you are able to upload unlimited amounts of videos to your profile. It is worth spending the time to upload video when you get started with your account and continue to update this section with new video throughout your time in the recruiting process.

Types of Video to Upload

Deciding which videos to upload to your profile can be overwhelming at first, but generally speaking, any video is better than none. There are several types of video you can upload, including but not limited to: 

• Highlight Reels: This video should include all of your best clips from live footage. To learn how to put together an effective highlight reel, check out our blog, "Best Practices on How to Build a Highlight Reel." 
• Skills Videos: A skills video allows you to isolate and showcase specific skills and technique that you want a college coach to see.
• Live Game or Practice Footage: Including a full game or match allows a college coach to view all aspects of your game, whether that be a great play or seeing how you interact with your teammates. 

SportsRecruits Playlists

Playlists are a dynamic video experience built for recruiting, so student-athletes can compile, organize, and showcase their highlights with advanced editing and tracking features. Unlike traditional video uploads, Playlists provide deeper insights into how college coaches interact with your film and offer a better viewing experience. To learn more about how to use Playlists to maximize your recruiting video available to college coaches, check out our articles, What Are Playlists? and Creating Clips for Your Playlists. 
 

Additional Video Resources

Now that you understand the importance of recruiting video and are aware of your video options, below are some great resources that you can use to help you get your videos onto your profile:

• Uploading Video to your Profile
• Embedding Video From Hudl
• Embedding Video From YouTube and Vimeo
• Embedding Video From Krossover
• Compatible Video Files
• Trouble Uploading Your Video?

Any additional questions about adding video? Email help@sportsrecruits.com.

Why SportsRecruits?

SportsRecruits is a college recruiting platform that will allow you to build an athletic and academic resume and host unlimited amounts of video content for college coaches to see throughout your recruiting process. With your SportsRecruits profile you will be notified in real-time whenever a college coach is watching your highlight video, going to your SportsRecruits profile, or opening your transcript. This provides student-athletes with more transparency during the recruiting process.

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