Gymnastics Video should be 3 to 5 minutes long.  It should consist of an Introduction, hi-lights of skills in competition and the skills the gymnast is training on.  Music is fine, but most coaches just fast forward through the music and gadgets on the video. Click on the to see a Windows Media Player Movie of a gymnastics skills video.

Introduction -- There should be a Brief Introduction with the gymnast speaking about themselves.   They should mention their name, where they train and compete, when they plan to graduate, academic information, what level they compete at and who their coaches are.  There can be something that scroll downs with their birthday and security number. 

Skills in Competition --  The skills in competition is a hi-light of three or four scenes from each event (competitive vault, balance beam, etc.)  they compete in.  This is filmed in competition and not at practice. It is footage from a competition that they participated in during the past year and not when they were in the 9^th grade.  The quality of the video needs to be very good, i.e. up close (not back in the stands somewhere) so the college coach can see the player and skills and not blurred footage. 

Skills Training On -- The second segment are the skills that the player is working on but are not quite competition ready.  These are skills that the player is working on with the coach and spotting may be necessary.

Once the top 5 or 6 players are identified, the coach usually calls them and asks them for their more recent competitive footage.