A coach breaks down what college scouts want to see from a right back: 1-v-1 dribbling, forward passes, through balls, and crossing. Build your highlight reel with attacking moments first, then every-touch clips and full-game footage to land an ID camp invite.
Scouting a right back to see if they're good enough to play college soccer, aka they're in the NCAA final. Let's learn from them so you can learn how to play college soccer. We're going to be learning from this right back right here, and this is what we need to see in your highlight videos. This next moment, see how he's dribbling at him, and not only does he get past him, see how he picks out a pass. I want to show you a zoomed out version of the same thing here. So look really quickly, yes, he's doing a 1v1 as a right back, which we want to see in your highlight videos. The next thing is, after he beats him, he's not just thinking cross it, he's He's thinking connect a pass, which is awesome here. And this does actually lead to a shot from not the best angle, but still an opportunity. As a right back, especially in your highlight video, that's what we want to see— attacking moments first, not defending, even though that's your number one job. Highlight videos show us you're attacking. Maybe better yet for this player in terms of a highlight video— like, this was really smart for the game, but for you guys, him delivering a cross that goes to a player would be even better. Here's a different angle. So dribble, dribble at him, he gets away from him, he megs him. Wow. Then gets a pass away and it leads to an opportunity. Super save. Wow. Here it is again. Excellent. Great composure. Again, here's the right back. He doesn't have to dribble every time, but see how he's trying to play forward, trying to play forward, and he does play a great through pass. Strike a really good hold-up play. Now winger cross. And if that, you know, is a good cross, all of a sudden you got something out of nothing. Right backs are really hard to stand out at ID camps, and they can be also really hard to stand out in video because most of your job is to defend and have opportunities. So the best way to stand out, once again, is every-touch videos where you send your highlights first, then an every-touch video, then the coaches will request to see you in person or a full game, and then you can get recruited. If you want help getting recruited as a right back or a left back, comment right back or left back, and I will send you a list of tips you need to do to play college soccer.
