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[quote=DCUdad]2x experienced college recruiting dad here... First, this is pretty early. There's nothing wrong with having some U15 highlights, but they probably aren't going to make the reel(s) you use to actually get recruited. Colleges (at least D1 and D2) can't talk to him for two more years. So they aren't going to put much time into watching highlights unless your son is on the U15 Youth National Team (and if he is, he doesn't need to make a highlight video anyway). So think of this as more practice for the future.

If your son (or you!) wants to learn video editing, and this is a good excuse to get into it -- great! There are lots of tools, many free or cheap, and tons of YouTube videos about how to use them. And it's a really useful skill to have these days! But there should be no pressure to have a finished product right now. Having a video by the end of sophomore year *may* be helpful. But more than likely it's going to be what you do junior year that matters. And those older highlights won't look so good by then -- you and all your opponents look so small and slow! The key is just to collect the raw game video files from the second half of sophomore year and beyond. Sometimes they get harder to find as time goes on, so grab them to your local or cloud drive when you can -- just remember to name them with the game date and opponent, in case you want that when you put the clips together.

Hope this helps![/quote]

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