This chapter focuses on expressive features of nonverbal behavior (NVB) that are
associated with certain internal states and (potentially) influence personal and interpersonal …

Research on body language (nonverbal behavior, NVB) in sport is only slowly emerging,
although it is considered important and has been frequently studied in other disciplines. The …

Sport Psychology, 2nd Edition provides a synthesis of the major topics in sport psychology
with an applied focus and an emphasis on achieving optimal performance. After exploring …

The new third edition of A Critical Introduction to Sport Psychology is the only textbook in the
field that provides a detailed overview of key theories, concepts and findings within the …

The relative age effect (RAE) is a well-established phenomenon in education and sports.
Coaches have been assumed to be important social agents of RAE via biased selection …

This study investigated the contribution of situation information about a player's preference
to kick to either side of the goal on the goalkeeper's performance in a soccer penalty kick …

The main objective was to know the elite coaches' opinions regarding the relevance,
definition, and importance of volleyball contextual variables to measure individual …

The most effective coaches understand the fundamentals of sport psychology, which include
interacting effectively with athletes, creating the optimal environment, assessing the …

To fully understand human behavior, it seems inevitable to approach it from an evolutionary
perspective. However, much of human behavior has been overwritten by culture and society …

The keeper-independent strategy, in which a football penalty kicker selects a target location
in advance and ignores the goalkeeper's actions during the run-up, has been suggested to …