TY - JOUR AU - Martínez-Gallego , Rafael AU - Carrillo Molina, David PY - 2019/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The influence of non-verbal body language on sport performance in professional tennis JF - ITF Coaching & Sport Science Review JA - ITF Co. & Sp. Sc. Rev. VL - 27 IS - 79 SE - Articles DO - 10.52383/itfcoaching.v27i79.83 UR - https://www.itfcoachingreview.com/index.php/journal/article/view/83 SP - 34-37 AB - <p>The main objective of this study was to analyse the relationship between players´ non-verbal body language and their performance in sport. The sample consists of a total of 477 actions from 40 players competing in the ATP Tour. All actions were taken from tie-breaks in official tournaments. The categories that were analyzed were previous performance, dominant non-verbal body language, submissive non-verbal body language, and performance later on. Results show how the players´ non verbal body language impacts on their performance later on.&nbsp; Thus, we can conclude that following dominant non-verbal body language, the probabilities of better performance in the next point are greater than following submissive non-verbal body language. Therefore, it is important to train these aspects as an extra tool to improve players´ performance.</p> ER -