How To Make a Highlight Video

Learn how to make a highlight video by guest OSA Coach Anthony DeNicola.
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Learn from Anthony DeNicola of SACC what it takes to get recruited.


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Key Points:

1 - Don’t Hire, Make

2 - Film Lots of Footage

3 - Choose an Editing Software

4 - The Format, Short and Sweet.

5 - Your Best Action Clip

6 - Edit Action Clips

7 - Contact Information

8 - Keep It Simple

9 - DO NOT USE BAD LANGUAGE

10 - Storage

11 - Hosting

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Exercise to Practice:

An exercise to practice on your own is editing simple highlight clips. Take a few game clips or just clips of you at the field training and practicing editing. Get comfortable with your editing software.

Pro Tip! Take the time to learn how to edit on your editing software. Watch tutorials, read through user tips and study game highlights from the pros. Notice how long each clip is and how quick it cuts to a new clip before a viewer gets bored.

Second Pro Tip! Read this book. Not all of it applies to highlight videos, but it will help you a lot. All of the Online Soccer Academy editors have to read it as part of their training for OSA.


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What’s Wrong:

If your video isn’t good be honest with yourself and decide if it’s your game, the filming style or the editing style. If it’s the editing style start over. If it’s the game footage, don’t use it. Film more.

A highlight video is you marketing yourself. In the business world just because you are marketing doesn’t mean you are creating sales. Same applies for highlight videos. Just because you have a highlight video doesn’t mean you will be recruited. Make sure you have a good one! Dont settle for less!

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Bonus Tip!

Film yourself training! In your highlight video include action shots of you in training. Or you in shooting practice or a clip or two of you hitting a goal kick to half field.

Second Bonus Tip!
You can have more than one highlight video. So keep gathering footage and keep releasing more videos. Instead of one 6 minute video, have two three minute videos.