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These were all taken with my Nikon 70-300 VR. I'm not saying they're anything special, but I believe they at least show that it can produce decent enough pics much of the time. The last couple of years I've used my 70-200 for sports, so my 70-300 sports samples are buried somewhere in electronic land. But trust me when I say that for outdoor sports, the 70-300 is more than capable. That shot of the coyote was taken handheld at close to 100 yards out and it's heavily cropped. The brush was so high it covered that dog's entire body. I tried to follow an occasional flash of tail, then focus and fired every time it jumped. The pic isn't perfect, but figure if the lens can lock on and capture a jumping coyote at almost 100 yards, or a flying hummingbird, a softball player running home would be a drop in the bucket. Your shots are fine. Practice and more practice will make them even better. Oh, and click over to 'M' instead of that Sports Mode and have some fun