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Making a Basketball Recruiting Video
Like with all other sports, college coaches cannot see every player in the country live while on the AAU scene or at other NCAA certified events. So it is also important for basketball players with college aspirations to put together a video tape that they can send out to prospect college programs. But unlike football, the basketball recruiting video is definitely different.
While putting together highlights is essential for football players, that is not the case in basketball. Even if you are a star or a scrub, it is easy to put together three minutes of highlights that can help make you out to be one of the best players in your area. And that is exactly why college coaches are not sold on players who put these highlight clips together.
The single most important thing that a college basketball coach wants to see is full game tapes. If the coach requests video, he will ask for a full game tape so that is why it is essential to already have video from your best two to four games. When the request from the coaches come, you should already have these at your disposal. If you wait at some high schools, it is not going to be an easy challenge to search through what could be piles and piles of tapes that have not been labeled. So if you know you have college aspirations, stay on top of the situation with tapes.
If you really want to put together a highlight portion on the same DVD that includes the game tapes, that is perfectly fine. The coaches may have a little extra time and would like to see you at your best. But in order for them to increase their recruiting attention, they need to see a full game. If they like the full game, don’t expect an offer to come out of it right away unless you are one of the best players in the country. What the coach may do is request more tape or even come to your town and see you in person for a workout. That is when things are starting to get serious.
As I said with the football highlight video, make sure to include a recruiting profile that has all of your contact information. This is vital for the coach so that they can continue recruiting you and it will allow them to contact via your cell phone or even send email about them wanting you to visit. So make sure to realize that coaches want full game tapes so they know what you do when you are not touching the ball. What you do when you are not scoring is very important as well as your demeanor on the court. But those are something that we can go over at another time.
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Basketball question. What happends to students who are put in position that they will not play at college level. i.e. guard playing PF. How do you send tapes of that? He played that position in 9th on Varsity. As his body grew stronger but height is 6.2 he was alwasy stuck in PF when there were taller guys but weaker. Can we send footage as a guard as well as PF, Colleges said they can still see the talent, I am skeptical. Please help concerned parent, and high school coach doesn’t seem to understand or alittle intimated.
Just in case, I forget he is a senior! Recruiting at D2&3 based on camps attended. Sent out profiles and cover letters to D2 schools, some state they pride themselves on recruiting the overlook, want video. Working on it – yeah highlights and games tapes as guard in 9th on Varsity. Did I say Help once before, please help!
Andy,
Thanks for visiting the site and the question. Let me tell you that the majority of parents are intimidated by the process and it is confusing.
Did your son play AAU basketball? If so, is there any tape from that?
If he has been playing power forward for that long, and not another position during the summer, it is going to be very tough to show them that he has guard skills. Obviously at 6-foot-2 most schools will not be offering money for that small of a power forward. That is just the way it works (Which does suck).
For the tape, are you happy with his freshman season tape? That is so long ago that it is tough to really feel confident about the tape. Are you willing to put tape that is three years old on the line for a potential scholarship?
For newer tape, I would try to also pull some of video of when he faced up and scored. If he currently does all of his scoring inside, at 6-foot-2, it is really going to be hard to convince a college coach that he can play guard. And if the college coach comes to a game, will he just see your son playing 100% inside?
Anyways, my thoughts are that if you have any newer guard tape, that would work better. If not, then try any times he steps out and hits a three or faces up. You need to show that your son has the skills needed to score on the perimeter. As great as the posting ability is, it will not help a player who is 6-foot-2. Let me know as I would be happy to answer any other questions.