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I shoot some U12 to HS soccer. 10-20 games/year. Not doing it professionally, but doing it for fun.
Depending on whether I shoot landscape or portrait orientation, I usually use the focus point that is two above the center. That gets me about chest height of the center/main subject in the frame. AF-C, release priority, 21 point dynamic, matrix metering, 1/640 or faster, wide open aperture, ISO as needed on a D700. 9 or 21 point dynamic doesn't seem to affect keeper rate. What I find really affects my keeper rate is the focus tracking duration. I use "short".
I have found it really helpful to occasionally open all the shots from a game in Nikon's View NX and look at the focus point. View NX shows you where the dynamic AF "latched" on. It also shows you when the "release priority" fired without focus being acquired; you can actually see how often your camera acquired focus, or not, on your "keepers".
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