Going for the blurry SPEED shot.

[StefaninLA]

My first try going for this kind of image. Man was that hard, pit of probably 100 tries this was the one "good" one I got, and its still blurry. I guess its all practice practice practice....

 

[KmH]

Yes it takes practice.
It also takes positioning your body correctly to use your body to pan smoothly.

Stand with your feet a bit wider than shoulder width apart.

If you want to pan right to left you want your left foot forward of your right foot, your right foot toe out at about a 45° angle to your straight ahead left foot, and you want a majority of your weight on your left foot. In other words you lean into the shot.
You move right to left at the waist, so make sure your feet are placed so you don't wind up all scrunched up on your left side at the end of the pan.

For a left to right pan put the right foot forward, the left foot back, with a majority of your weight on the right foot.

 

[StefaninLA]

thanks so much studio101 for the detailed answer.
Your suggestions make perfect sense, going over in my head what the issues i felt were. Once again thanks.

 

[minicoop1985]

Also, start at a higher shutter speed, like 1/160, and work your way down as you get more comfortable.