I like them. Well composed and catching the action.
After a while you start cropping tighter in camera
I'm going to assume these were taken with a 70-200mm f2.8 ? If so, wait for the action to get closer. The softness could be that these are crops from a much bigger original ?
You could have also upped the ISO and got a bit more shutter speed. For a lot of sports photographers ISO 400 is the starting point for a normal (not overly bright) sunny day. On an overcast day I would be starting at ISO 800 and aiming for shutter speeds of 1/800 or faster.
No doubt I will get a told you :razz: from him