All the Nikon Gear, no idea... (out of depth with a D500)

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Looking for some advice please. Still very much an amateur, mainly taking shots of outdoor kids sports games (GAA and rugby). I was having some decent success with my 15yr old D5000 and 70-300mm lens and was producing some nice shots - although I was always using Auto or Sports mode.
I took the plunge at the weekend and bought a D500 which I know is way beyond me, but is gorgeous and I'll hopefully grow into (and never out of!)
I've just come back from a sports shoot now, and while some of the pics are amazing, I had a much better good:bad pic ratio with my d5000. Lots of blurred/not so sharp pics
I know I'll need to invest a decent amount of time learning the camera, but does anyone have some advice on good shortcut settings, while I'm still getting up to speed.

I was use P shooting mode, Qc release, AF-C Grp focus mode.

Any thoughts/advice very welcome!

NB - Still have the D5000 as a backup :-)
 
Set the 500 up the same way as you do/did the 5000 and (in theory!), it should give similar results and keeper rate. Once you're used to the fresh body, experiment.
 
For sports which I don’t do would shutter priority set to something like min 500/1, auto iso, wide aperture and af tracking help?
 
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