Here's an article that I think sums-up my sentiment, while it doesn't say "Use AP for Sports", it does go into a little detail about the power of DoF. I've taught a few people "to shoot" and beyond the very basics, DoF is the first really practical that moves people beyond taking mere snapshots, or using the camera's ridiculous shutter speeds to stop a fly's wings (more credit to the camera than the photog).
http://digital-photography-school.co...sure-lesson-1/
Then this:
http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com...tter-priority/
And it's just heir opinion, "Why aperture priority mode is clearly the winner"....
I've spent WAAAAAY enough time shooting kids playing on dusty baseball diamonds and becuase I coach I not only get a great view, I also sometimes have to hand-over the camera to a Mom (and sometimes a kid!!). And I always taught them how to get the puff of dust from the catcher's glove, but blur all the dumbass parents in the bleachers. The puff is timing, the blurring of the dumb parents is all 2.8. And they always say something along the lines of, "wow, that's sooooo cool? Same with wrestling, and other venues where you want to see the kid and not the goofy parent-fans...
Then, in my next "Yes, you can hold and shoot my camera.....please" lesson, we'd work on the ball on the bat. After explaining that you don't need to set the shutter speed to 1/1000 or 1/2000, they'd get that shooting at 2.8 (and lose the goofy parents from the shot!), and using an ISO north of 800 gets you the same thing. Then, just because they seem to like it, I'd teach them to play with the ISO to blur the ball off the bat.
Again, seemingly ass-backwards, but I've helped Canon and Nikon see a few bodies and always a 2.8 to go with it...
But hey, maybe it's my good looks and warm personality that keep the hot Moms wanting to hold my stuff...
My camera stuff!!!