Many newer cameras have animal eye detection for focusing. See if yours has that and turn it on if it does.

I shoot a lot of basketball and my hit rate is 10% on a good night.

Knowing the sport well really helps so you can anticipate the action. Knowing the players and their tendencies is also a huge help.

Start by trying to copy other people’s shots from volleyball then start finding your own style.

Too much focus on post processing. If it’s a bad composition or bad exposure I don’t care how many “filters” you slap on it.

On Reddit specifically: listing the lens specs in a post title rather then the exposure settings. Cool lens bro, but what was the shutter speed you used?