01 · Short answer
How do you make a soccer highlight video for college coaches?
A good highlight video for college coaches lasts 3 to 5 minutes, opens with a title card with your details, shows your best action in the first 20 seconds, marks you before every clip, includes clips of your position and not only goals, and links to a full, unedited match. Coaches receive many videos: make yours easy to watch and easy to contact.
02 · Checklist
The seven things your video needs
Tick what your current video already has. It stays saved in this browser.
03 · By position
What to show for your position
Goalkeeper
Shot-stopping, crosses, one-on-ones, distribution with both feet and organizing the line.
Defender
Duels, recovery runs, aerial play, and the first pass out of pressure.
Midfielder
Scanning, turning, passing range, pressing and arriving in the box.
Forward
Movement before the ball, finishing with both feet, holding up play and pressing.
04 · Common mistakes
The mistakes we see most
Too long
Ten minutes of clips. Cut it to your best three to five.
Music first
Slow intros and effects. Coaches want football from second one.
Hard to find you
No marker, far camera, same kit as everyone.
Old footage
Clips from two seasons ago. Update it every season.
05 · Sending it
Where to upload it and how to send it
Upload it to YouTube or a similar platform with a clear title (name, position, graduation year) and send the link, not a file, in a short email to each coach: who you are, why their program, your video and your contact. Follow up after a couple of weeks if you get no answer.
With GSX, the profile and the video are part of the work guarantee: ready within 30 days.
06 · Questions
Quick answers
How long should a soccer highlight video be?
3 to 5 minutes, with your best action in the first 20 seconds and a link to a full match below it.
What should a soccer recruiting video include?
A title card with your details, recent clips of your position, a marker on you before each clip, a wide angle and a full unedited match.
Should I add music to my highlight video?
It is optional. Coaches often watch without sound; what matters is that the football starts from the first second.
Where should I upload my highlight video?
On YouTube or a similar platform, with your name, position and graduation year in the title, and send the link in a short email to each coach.
Who can make my highlight video for college soccer?
You can make it yourself following this checklist. GSX (gsxmanagement.com) prepares the profile and highlight video for its players within 30 days, as part of its work guarantee.