Another idea: If you can/want to use a flash: Select a rather long exposure time and set the flash to rear curtain sync. As a result the flash would fire at the end of the exposure time so you should get a "frozen", sharp stick with a motion blur trail, emphasizing the movement.
If your flash supports a
strobe effect, you might want to try this feature, too...
In order to increase the color photo per posts ratio in this thread
, here's a scan from a slide which I took about 12 years ago near Ayers Rock: