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I respectfully disagree on the exposure issue. The shots out of camera shown here are NOT overexposed. Looking at faces and skin tones and specifically faces, the exposures are fine. It's looking washed out because in order to shoot for the proper exposure on faces and there is a lot of sky in the BG, the sky will inevitably blow out making the shots appear to look overexposed, when in fact the dynamic range between sky and face behind helmet is so wide to begin with. That being said, I think the exposures are fine.
However, we need to work on other things. Given you gear limitations, you'll need to be patient. Real patient. Shot #2 falls apart when you have to crop this much. Plus, due to the distance from lens and air behind subject theories, once you crop that image tight, it not only brings out all of artifacts of the subjects but it brings out all the imperfections in the BG (guy in green, port-o-potty, etc.).
Shot #1 has proper exposure for the FACES. Yeah the sky and grass are a little over, true, and post processing can help tighten that dynamic range, but honestly, I would have exposed this about the same. The recommendation though is in the settings used. Shutter needs to be higher, aperture... wide open and from there, let those settings dictate proper ISO. In the photo itself, it's not a keeper because the kid who has the ball is the focal point of action and we need to see his face. You can get away with action off the ball in LAX, specifically defensemen, but not in this shot. The kid with the ball is who we want to see.
Panning is a challenge, but often times it works better with getting a little more of the legs. There are some exceptions, but you'll want to see a little more action with legs. Good first attempt, but I would lower the shutter even more. The goal is to really to melt the BG.
This was from a few weeks ago with some pan attempts at the end:
https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1299375/0?keyword=Middle,School#12395852
Hope this helps.
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