How to Film Your Reps
A personal best gets clicks. Frequency gets paid.
A 59-yarder is a clip. It tells a coach what you are capable of on your best swing, on your best day, with the wind at your back. It does not tell him what happens on rep eleven, from the left hash, in a game week, when nothing feels right.
That second answer is the one that earns a roster spot, and the only place it lives is film. Not a highlight. A set.
Why a set beats a highlight
When a college coach watches a specialist, he is not grading one ball. He is looking for the same operation showing up over and over: same steps, same strike, same ball flight, same result. That is what he is spending a scholarship on, because that is what he has to put on the field on a Saturday.
A highlight reel hides the misses. A labeled set shows the operation. One of those is evidence.
Pick your guide
A phone is fine. Pick the guide for what you are working on, then film a set of reps from each angle. Tap a guide to open it full size.
Label every rep
Unlabeled film is almost unusable. A coach cannot evaluate a ball flight he cannot place. Label as you go:
- Distance and hash on every field goal
- Whether the rep is a kickoff, a field goal or a punt
- Conditions worth knowing: wind, surface, holder, snapper
Labeled reps turn a highlight into a sample size.
What a complete set looks like
Send the whole set, not just the makes. The misses are the most useful footage you own, because they are where the operation actually breaks. A coach who only sees makes learns nothing about your floor, and your floor is what he is buying.
Film from each angle the guide shows. One angle hides whatever it is pointed away from, and the thing costing you distance or accuracy is usually in the angle you skipped.
New to the position with no film yet?
That is not a problem. Shoot a set of reps at a local field and send those. Raw footage of an untrained motion is exactly what we want to see first.
Want a trained eye on it?
Virtual training is one hour, live on Zoom, with Coach Lundy breaking your film down with you. The session is recorded and you keep the recording. $60 per athlete.