How to create a sports highlight video

Want to play college sports? You need an athlete highlight video to showcase your skills and talent to future college coaches and recruiters. If you don’t have one, you are falling behind your competition. 

Pliable has decades of experience in working with young athletes who want to play college sports. We can help you stand out to make sure your video is seen, including providing all the best video formats for emailing it to coaches, posting it to YouTube and so much more! 

A good high school athlete video can make you stand out, but a great highlight video can make an important first impression on the coaches and recruiters at the top NCAA Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3 colleges in the country.

High school athlete recruitment videos should include:

• Isolation video footage
• Athlete identification arrows
• Energetic music
• The athlete’s personality
• Headshot photo and bio
• Contact information

BASIC RECRUITING VIDEO

• Professionally produced athlete recruiting video up to 5 minutes in length
• Graphic design for the opening and closing player card with headshot, player profile and stats 
• Identification arrows for wide video clips
• Video editing
• Copyright free music included
• The final video will be provided as an .mp4 file

TIMELINE: 3 weeks

COST: $500

*Pricing is based on the athlete providing the video clips. Pliable can record footage if needed (additional cost).

ADVANCED PACKAGE: RECRUITING VIDEO & RECRUITING TOOLS 

Everything from the Basic Package, plus:

• Athlete dashboard spreadsheet for prioritizing colleges and universities, tracking school outreach to make it easy for keeping in touch with coaches
• Social media audit
• Actionable social media recommendations to improve visibility with colleges
• 1-hour social media consultation meeting

TIMELINE: 3-6 weeks

COST: $1,000 

*Pricing is based on the athlete providing the video clips. Pliable can record more video footage if needed (additional cost).

How long should the athlete highlight video be? 

It depends on what you have for footage and the sport you play. Pliable has video experience in golf, baseball, basketball, football, field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, track & field, volleyball and more!

What footage should the athlete recruiting video include? 

If you have video footage from your high school videographer or high school TV station, we can work to edit the footage and create your athlete recruitment video. If you need video footage for your athlete recruitment video, Pliable can travel to your games and capture highlights of you playing your sport. From Maine to California, we can capture your highlights.

How much does an athlete recruiting video cost?

Depending on what you have for video footage, an athlete recruitment videos can range from $500-$2,000. If you need Pliable to capture footage, that impacts the price, based on the amount of footage you need and travel costs.  In most cases, Pliable can save you money with Zoom calls and providing remote video editing services.

When should I start collecting video clips for my athlete recruiting video? 

Whether you are a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior in high school, it's never to early to start capturing clips.  You never know when you might have the game-winning goal or amazing play that you will wish was in your athlete recruitment video. 

Have more questions? Pliable loves to help athletes and their families with the recruiting process.  

Let's start creating your athlete recruiting video today! Call 1-707-PLIABLE.