@jimharshaw: Posting results isn’t enough anymore- Dr Coyte Cooper

So quoted Jim Harshaw in a tweet from a NCAWA convention session a few minutes ago. Very true, not just for college coaches but also for high school and youth club coaches. But what is the answer? I used to post every match video after every event along with our results. But plagued by win at all cost parents and coaches watching the videos for scouting not for pleasure (yes believe it or not the parent of a 5th grader will have his kid spend hours studying the competition for a preseason tournament-but that is another story); I decided to keep our match videos private (a nice feature of flowrestling and youtube) and just publish highlight videos from each match.

From this decision the 7-minute highlight was developed. I advocate to college coaches that each dual meet and each individual tournament be turned into the “Pembroke Open in 7 Minutes”.

High School coaches use the 6 minute version, “The Boneyard Bash in 6 minutes” and youth coaches go with something similar, varying more on the number of competitors they had. These highlights facilitate the publicity your program deserves. Your local media will appreciate you giving them something they can use and your fans and players will love it as well. Here is an example.