The Best Body Language in Sports

In this article: The body language of Usain Bolt, Viktoria Komova, Catalina Ponor, Christiano Ronaldo, Rafael Nadal and Brock Lesnar

Sportsmen and sportswomen need to know how to communicate power, strength and confidence through their body language. Through the way they look and the way they move, sports stars need to make everyone (including themselves) beliee that they are going to win. This makes sports stars some of the best role models for strong and positive body language.

Of all the sports stars in the world to use body language to powerful effect, these five are the very best.

 

 The Top Five Sports Stars with the Best Body Language

Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal is an absolute master at using body language on the tennis court. He’s always totally animated, bouncing up and down with seemingly limitless energy. He even makes sure to run to his chair often between points as though to taunt his opponent by saying, “Look at me! I’m never going to tire!” Imagine how intimidating a message that is come the fifth set when the other guy is tired! Rafael Nadal knows how much he communicates in the way he moves, and he always makes sure to present the right image of himself.

 

Brock Lesnar 

Former UFC Heavyweight Champion and currently the fiercest man in the WWE, Brock Lesnar is perhaps the number one example of intimidating body language in sports.

Lesnar shows his teeth like a gorilla threatening a rival. He’ll smile after getting hit, as though to say, “Oh, now it’s on!” In his WWE rings entrance he bounces up and down energetically, showing how much energy he has. And when he’s pissed off, the whole world knows it. Brock Lesnar will scare the hell out of his opponents with his body language, and that’s half the fight won.

 

Viktoria Komova and Catalina Ponor

Okay so I didn’t know which of my two favourite gymnasts to include in this list, but heck it doesn’t really matter because they both use body language in the same way: to produce the most graceful performances in the world.

Body language is, of course, more pronounced in gymnastics than most other sports, because to a certain extent the gymnasts are being judged precisely by their body language. This makes gymnastics one of the best illustrations of body language (which is why ARoleModel.com often features it!)

Catalina Ponor and Viktoria Komova—along with other gymnasts—show beauty and grace through the smoothness of their moves, the lines of their body and the timing of their moves. They are two of the world’s best examples of how good body language will make a person appear elegant, stylish, graceful and beautiful.

 

 

 

Christiano Ronaldo

Did football every have a more stylish player than Christiano Ronaldo? Maybe. It’s a question that doubtlessly would stir a lot of debate. Nevertheless, there can be no doubt that Christiano Ronaldo is one of the best and most stylish movers in the history of the game.

The key way in which Christiano Ronaldo uses body language (other than to look good) is to confuse defenders. He’ll move his body so he looks as though he’s going to move one way, then suddenly turn the other. He also has extremely expressive set-pieces of body language, like when he takes a free kick. There can be no doubt that his stance, which exudes power and skill, scares the hell out of goalies.

 

Usain Bolt:

Usain Bolt isn’t just the world’s fastest man, he’s also a master of using body language. Usain Bolt uses body language in two key ways: 1) to intimidate the competition and 2) to turn all the cameras onto him.

Usain Bolt oozes style and confidence. From the playfulness he shows when he steps onto the track to the salutation he makes to the sky just before the gun fires, Usain Bolt sends one very loud and very clear message: The race is about me and I’m going to win.

These five spots superstars use body language to startling effect. They show how we can all use our bodies to communicate power, confidence and strength. They’re not just sports stars, their masters of nonverbal communication too, and you can learn a great deal about expression of character just from watching them.