- Pick one sport and ten families45 min
Pick the beachhead that can be filmed every weekend
Assumption: Access and trust are assumed until proven. Sideline access, parking, and a league that plays every weekend near home are assumed workable. Evidence: The prospect table below — ten names that reply the same day. Decision: One focus line that every later step quotes.
Stop first: If no sport yields ten contacts that can be texted today and reply the same day, stop. Do not start interviews and do not spend on gear. Go when: One sport has ten warm names with a contact method. That sport is the beachhead.
The trap is choosing the sport liked best instead of the sport where parents and coaches are already known. Trust and sideline access sell highlight videos; enthusiasm for the game does not. A warm contact is someone who answers the same day. A highlight video helps college-bound athletes because coaches ask for film, recruiting deadlines are tight, or the league feeds a college pipeline.
To do
Write every youth sport with a league that plays this season within reasonable drive of home.
Next to each sport write the parents or coaches that could be texted today. Pick the sport with the most same-day replies as the beachhead.
Format: [Sport] highlights for [League] families — [Season] season, plus one sentence on why film helps recruiting in that sport.
Fill the table below: ten names, each with role, athlete and age, and contact method. Count only same-day replies.
To note down
OptionalList ten warm contacts by name with role, athlete, and how to reach them
Row number Parent or coach name Role Athlete and age Contact method Remove Sport and league to film all season, plus season