Bob,


I've been shooting my daughter playing soccer for about 18 months now. I have read a lot about sports shooting, and I am much better than when I started. You wouldn't believe how rusty you can get with just a little lay off. What I have learned is that knowing your equipment, knowing the sport, and developing a sense of timing are probably the most important elements. I have come to believe that timing your first shot for the height of action gets more keepers than "spray and pray". That doesn't mean you should only shoot single frame, just that you should develop your timing. Even 10 frames per second will not capture everything, but is sure does help ;-)





I'm shooting with a 30D and a 70-200 f/4 L (non-IS). It's the poor man's sport setup, but it works pretty well. If you want to read up some more there is a really good beginners article over at open photography forum


http://www.openphotographyforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=668


I learned a lot from this article alone. There are many others as well, you can do your own searches, but I recommend this one to start with.