Free Highlight & Recruiting Video Success Plan for Student-Athletes

Create a clearer plan for your student-athlete’s highlight and recruiting video.

This free Highlight & Recruiting Video Success Plan gives student-athletes and families a practical starting point for planning, organizing and improving the video used to showcase athletic skills to college coaches.

What’s Inside

• Video planning guidance: Understand what to think through before selecting and organizing clips.
• Highlight video fundamentals: Focus on presenting athletic skills clearly without unnecessary complexity.
• Recruiting context: Learn how video can support communication with college coaches as one part of the broader recruiting process.
• A reusable reference: Return to the plan as new game footage and recruiting needs develop.

Who It’s For

This resource is designed for high school student-athletes and families who want a practical framework for creating or improving a sports highlight or recruiting video. Video expectations can vary by sport, program and coach, so use this plan as general guidance and confirm current sport-specific requirements when needed.

Keep Building Your Recruiting Plan

Use this Success Plan alongside the Free College Recruiting Checklist to organize the broader recruiting journey.

You can also continue with the College Recruiting Journey for a stage-by-stage path through researching schools, communicating with coaches and managing next steps.

Download the Free Success Plan

Add the resource to your cart for $0 and use it as a practical reference as you build and update your student-athlete’s recruiting video.