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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 824746" data-attributes="member: 50197">Another question for Bingo76. Are you using a tripod? I don't do sports, but I sometimes shoot birds in flight, which has many of the same elements and challenges. If you are shooting in bright conditions, a tripod may be more of a hindrance than a help. The advantages are it will help you steady up camera movement. It won't help with subject movement, but it at least takes most of one issue out of the equation. The disadvantages are that they can be cumbersome, and interfere with your ability to react to the action quickly. For BIF, I use a gimbal head on my tripod. It allows for relatively unencumbered action, once I have everything set up and in position. If you aren't moving your position around much, a tripod might be a good choice for you. You may be able to somewhat replicate that action by tightening a more standard head only enough to provide a little resistance, but still allow easy movement of the camera/lens. You definitely don't want to have to lock down the head for every shot. Gimbal heads can be expensive, but there are some fairly inexpensive models out there that are very affordable, although, like mine, they may require a fairly simple disassembly, cleaning of the original grease, and relubricating. I, and other here can give you more information if you want to go that route.I have evolved my tripod use to mainly in times that light levels are lower and faster shutter speeds are going to push my ISOs higher than I am comfortable with. Of course, in my situation, I normally have to lug that extra 10 lbs of tripod a couple miles to and from my car. I also am normally moving from to and from several different shooting positions and have to set the tripod up multiple times. As time goes by, I find I am using my tripod less. Still, there are times when I wouldn't want to be without it.</blockquote>

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