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Building a reel

A reel is a stitched-together video of one athlete's clips, with a name card at the start. It's what you send home to a player or their parent.

When to make a reel

Most coaches make reels:

  • At the end of a season — a highlight reel to send the family, 10–30 clips long.
  • Mid-season — a focused review of a specific skill the player is working on, 3–8 clips.
  • Before a tournament — a quick "remember what good looks like" cut, 5–10 clips.

There's no right answer. Reels are cheap to make and easy to send.

Building one

  1. Open the Reels tab.
  2. Tap New reel.
  3. Pick the player. RepRecap shows all clips tagged to them.
  4. Tap clips to include or exclude. Tap a clip's preview to watch it.
  5. Drag clips with a long press to reorder.
  6. Tap Generate.

The app stitches the clips with a name card at the start ("Sophia — May 2026" by default), shows you a preview, and asks you to confirm.

Confirm: the reel is saved. It now appears in the Reels tab.

Editing the name card

The name card defaults to First Name — Month Year in RepRecap's display font. You can:

  • Change the title text — tap the name card preview, edit the text, confirm.
  • Pick a different layout — name only, name + month, name + season label.
  • Change the duration — 1, 2, or 3 seconds before the first clip starts.

You can't (in Phase 1) add per-clip captions, overlays, or annotations. Those are planned for a later phase.

Trimming clips inside a reel

If a clip is too long for what you want to include in a reel, you can trim it during reel-building:

  1. Tap the clip in the reel preview.
  2. Drag the start/end handles to set the trim.
  3. The trim only affects this reel. The original clip in the Library is unchanged.

Re-generating

If you want to change the clip order, swap a clip, or update the name card, you can:

  1. Open the reel in the Reels tab.
  2. Tap Edit.
  3. Make your changes.
  4. Tap Regenerate.

The old version is replaced. If you'd already shared the old version, the recipients still have it — RepRecap can't reach back into a text or AirDrop and update the file.

Sharing the reel

Once a reel is generated:

  1. Open the reel in the Reels tab.
  2. Tap Share.
  3. Pick a destination from iOS's share sheet — Messages, Mail, AirDrop, Google Drive, or anywhere else.

The reel is also stored in your RepRecap — <Team Name> album in the Photos app, so you can share it from Photos later if it's easier.

See Sharing and exporting for the full sharing flow.

How long should a reel be?

There's no rule, but a few practical guidelines:

  • Under 90 seconds for a quick mid-season cut — short enough to watch in a text message.
  • 2–4 minutes for an end-of-season highlight reel — long enough to feel substantial, short enough that parents will watch it.
  • 5+ minutes is rare unless you're sending a full match review.

For texting via SMS, keep reels under 100 MB or they may fail to send. AirDrop and email don't have this limit.

Where to go next

Last updated 2026-05-11