Shooting football

Hey guys i play football and i want my dad to get some pics this friday at our first home game. Now im the photographer in the family but my dad knows how to use the basic functions of the camera (zoom, focus, shoot). I want to set up the camera so he can just do these things and not have to worry about going though a bunch of settings to get good shots. So my question is what are the best settings to have set up on the camera for capturing football shots? We have a Sony Alpha A-100 with a 4.5-5.6/75-300 lens. Thanks for any help you can give.