Body language in elite soccer: comparing tactical and emotional nonverbal expressions using different video sources for investigation.
The aim of this study was to explore elite-level soccer players' use of nonverbal behaviour (NVB) during real matches and compare different video sources (i.e., tactical, broadcast, and close-up) in terms of investigating this topic. The NVBs of eight elite players representing their national team (...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 492 - 510 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=192585205&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 192585205 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1612197X UXG jtl: International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology issn: 1612197X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2026 vid: 24 iid: 3 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 192585205 10.1080/1612197X.2025.2453808 ppf: 492 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 586KB tig: atl: Body language in elite soccer: comparing tactical and emotional nonverbal expressions using different video sources for investigation. aug: au: Lian, Ingrid Gjesdal, Siv Jordet, Geir affil: Department of Sport and Social Science, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway su: Nonverbal communication Body language Facial expression Elite athletes sug: subj: Nonverbal communication Body language Facial expression Elite athletes keyword: elite sports nonverbal behaviour performance analysis soccer elite sports nonverbal behaviour performance analysis soccer ab: The aim of this study was to explore elite-level soccer players' use of nonverbal behaviour (NVB) during real matches and compare different video sources (i.e., tactical, broadcast, and close-up) in terms of investigating this topic. The NVBs of eight elite players representing their national team (and a top-5 European league team) were analysed during one game. NVB was divided into tactical and emotional categories. Two Wilcoxon tests were performed. The results indicate that players displayed significantly more tactical NVB (Median = 146) than emotional NVB (Median = 52.50), Z = −2.52, p =.012, r =.89 but that they did not differ significantly in terms of positive and negative emotional NVB. Furthermore, there were more registrations of NVB captured from the close-up view videos as compared to both the tactical view (77.5% of the close-up view) and broadcast view (38.4% of the close-up view). Specifically, a statistically significant difference was found between close-up view and broadcast view, but not between close-up view and tactical view for most of the NVB categories. The findings demonstrate how players differ in their displays of tactical and emotional NVB, as well as how different video sources enable us to capture different amounts of NVB. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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