The Lacrosse Midfielder Highlight Reel Guide
Highlights give you the opportunity to showcase your ability, athleticism and attitude. The highlight act as the bait for coaches to see you play in person or watch a full game video. A coach does not want to see 6 minutes of you scoring goals though. Below is our position by position list of clips that you should focus on including in your highlight video.
Things to include in a highlight tape:
Dodging: Looking for ability to dodge and create own shot and create shots for others. Don't show plays where you run through five defenders b/c this is unrealistic at the college level. Be sure to include plays where you start the offense with a dodge, draw a slide, but you make the smart play and move the ball adjacent.
Off ball: Show that you are active off ball, looking for seems in the defense and not just killing grass (standing in place). Include plays where you find seems in defense for an outside shot. Include plays that show you are comfortable with contact and handling and finishing in tight.
Riding/loose ball scenarios: Show hustle on loose ball plays. Demonstrate ability to ride effectively. Effective rides include forcing a bad pass, forcing a ball carrier out of bounds, and stripping the ball carrier. Demonstrate ability to get ball off turf and to the open man.
Clearing: show ability to clear the ball with your feet and with your stick. Show ability to push tempo on offensive end following a clear.
Defense: Include clips that show ability to play solid on ball defense and solid off ball defense. Show plays where you recognize a turnover and are able to turn defense to offense.
If you take draws, include clips of that too.
