Generally you'll have to set a custom white balance for the lighting if you want to get the best results indoors. your manual should tell you a way to do that, but I usually take a photo of something white (like a basketball backboard) and use that as a white balance reference photo.
For action photos you want to run the biggest (smallest number) aperture as your camera / lens can do. also run the highest ISO you can get away with without looking too noisy, that enables you to use a higher shutter speed.
I don't usually use flash as its hard to get nice results.. but general rules are that the aperture controls the flash lighting and shutter speed controls the ambient light entering the camera.
Its a balance between flash and ambient light to get the best results.
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