I got a monopod. Since at the beggining my frustration level was at 10, I mean I bought the camera to take pistures of my girls playing soccer and had many blurry pictures to start. But to tell the truth the thing that helped me the most was listening to the advice of people on the forum here. I by no means am great (yet) but getting better. Here is an action shot of my youngest daughter I was going to crop out the fans but I think they add to it . Ih yea another thing I think I saw mentioned that realy helps is to try and get closed to the action. Low light is another headache. Keep trying and expierement. Good luck.