Read this to understand why coaches demand elevated film

What you see on social media is not what college coaches need.

Close-up sideline clips are made for Instagram. Coaches value players seen from above, with the whole play in view. NLV doesn't film from ground level, and this is on purpose. This page explains why.

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Why elevated film matters for recruiting

Coaches evaluate how the play happened, not just the result.

Coaches evaluate decisions on both sides of the ball, and decisions happen across the whole play.

  • Do they move to a passing lane?

    Off-ball movement

    Where you go when you don't have the ball: cuts, picks, rides and clears. Most of the game happens away from the ball.

  • Spacing and positioning

    How the offense stretches the defense, and how the defense holds its shape around the goal.

  • Slides and rotations

    Why you slid, why you didn't, and who ended up open because of it.

  • Where the shot came from

    For goalies: the angle, the distance and where you were set when the shot left the stick.

  • The play before the play

    A goal can start two or three passes earlier. A close-up starts at the shot.

  • Which way they dodged?
    Open

    Decisions

    The open teammate you found, or the one you missed. Coaches recruit decisions, not only results.

Both are goals. Two different stories.

Angle changes what a coach can judge.

Drag the handle. A ground-level angle shows a player. An elevated angle shows the decisions around the play.

Ground Level Footage
Elevated view
What the coach misses
The frame follows one or two players and cuts off the rest.
What the coach evaluates
Every player on the field, and the whole play from start to finish, so you can follow their decision-making.
Ground-level film

Sideline film is cropped to fit a phone, leaving out 68% of the play.

A vertical clip keeps about one-third of the field. Everything to the left and right is cut off. That is where all the off-ball play happens, and it is the context a coach needs.

Full field
Drag the slider to move the vertical crop. The yellow box is everything a vertical clip keeps.
About 32%
of the field is left in a vertical clip
It's the norm for a reason.

Every sport
is watched
from above.

Have you ever watched a game on TV from the sideline? No. The main camera is high and wide, so you see the whole play develop. Stadiums are built with raised seating for the same reason.

Close-ups are replays. They come after you have already seen the whole play, never instead of it.

Coaches evaluate film the same way fans watch games: from above, with every player in view.

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Worried you'll look too small?

You can zoom in on Elevated Film.
You can't zoom out of Sideline Film.

Yes, players look smaller on elevated film. When you build your highlight reel, you can zoom in on yourself during the editing process. Close-up film can't be pulled back out to show the play. Elevation gives you the choice.

The whole play
Zoomed in
Drag the slider to zoom. Then click and drag the yellow box (or use your finger on a phone) to move it anywhere on the field. Then drag the box to move it.
The wide frame, with one player isolated by a spotlight that opens to show the whole play
This is me

  1. Isolate yourself

    Add a spot shadow and circle yourself. A coach needs to find the X or O that is you.

  2. Show it developing

    Start a few seconds before you get involved, so the play makes sense.

  3. Show how it ends

    Keep rolling a few seconds after, so the whole play is there to evaluate.

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NLV has filmed tournaments elevated since 2009, so college coaches can see the whole game and evaluate every player. Hear what they say.

343,800
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