Although many sport editors in magazines and papers prefer close shotes over wide shotes, sometimes wide shots can stand among them. It’s not necessary the case in the photo above. It’s an experimenting with the Sigma 17-50 f/2.8 which is so far do an amazing job! But that maybe a topic for deferent post.
What I hate in using deferent lenses is changing the lens during the game. Because amazing things happens when you are looking away!