How to Put Together Your Soccer Recruiting Video

In order to strengthen your Athleticademix profile, we will need to add video footage of you so that college coaches can see you in action and assess you in more detail.

Please put together any match highlight clips you have available and combine them into one reel. We’d advise using a computer/laptop to do this – please don’t use your phone (this limits the quality and can affect the size of the playback screen when watched on a laptop in future – making it harder for coaches to assess you).

Please also avoid using a phone to film games as the quality isn’t good enough to use and the angle of the recording doesn’t give US coaches enough perspective of the game situation on each clip.

Software such as iMovie or Windows Media Player can be used for this, or you can find other apps online if preferred.

*If you have footage on platforms such as Hudl, it may be difficult to download the clips. Here, we recommend you ’screen record’ the clips you want to take from it.

Once you’re happy with your clips – please send them as a file to me via email. If your file is too large to send in an email, we recommend sending it via Filemail.com or WeTransfer.com instead (for free) and we will then upload it to our Youtube channel for you.

*It is also worth sending over a recording of a full match (one where you played well against strong opposition). US college coaches will likely ask to see a full match in addition to your highlights.

Below is some further tips and an example of what your video highlights should look like:

• Aim for approx. 10 mins of highlights in total from different competitions/events. If you can get more than 10 mins, that’s great, but prioritise quality over quantity!
  If you only have say 4-5 mins of clips to begin with, send what you have for now. You can then add to your clips in future once you obtain more.
• Avoid using a phone to record games. The quality of the recording will not be good enough to use. Coaches will also want to see the space around you etc, a phone recording limits the viewing for coaches.
• Coaches will also be looking at the competitive level of your opponents and teammates on film, so bear this in mind and only include clips against strong opposition.
• Make sure you’re clearly identified at the beginning of each clip! – either use arrows or circles to indicate yourself on every clip.
  Click HERE for tips on how to do this.
• Music – this is not really needed but you can add some. However, any music you don’t have license to use will have to be muted anyhow so that your video isn’t blocked on Youtube.
• Audio – you can have audio – but please check to ensure there’s no bad language or unsavoury comments in the background!
• You can add in an info slide about yourself at the start of your video, it should include your name, date of birth, year you intend to begin in the US (e.g. Fall 2024 or Fall 2025, etc).
  Remember, we will add in more details in the profile and the emails we send to coaches on your behalf, so you only need your basic info above for this part.
  Click here for a good example of how your highlight video should look!

If you have any questions, please let us know.

Thank you!