Give people room to move. Don’t frame too tightly or you may be playing hide-and-seek with a player darting in and out of the frame. Too tight also confuses your audience. Back up a little and give the players a little room in the frame – don’t forget your standard composition tools like “look room”—leaving space in front of a person in the direction of movement for them to “look” or run into.
• Don’t shout too loudly if you’re using an on-camera microphone – microphones pick up what’s around them. Putting one on the sidelines aimed out into the field will give you the sounds of the field; using the on-camera mic will get you the sounds of what’s going on around the camera. Make sure that isn’t the sound of you yelling, “go Bobby, go!”
• Don’t get cut short – leave some “handles”—a few seconds of footage before and after the action to give you something to edit with. Don’t hit “stop” as soon as the play ends.