Background and study aim : Nonverbal communication is always present in sport teams’ competition, on the court and around the court. This paper purpose is to investigate the nonverbal skills in two elite basketball cadet teams. Material and Methods: Pursuing this goal, we applied the PONS test to a group of 38 young basketball players 15 -16-year-old: 20 girls and 18 boys. The teenagers were members of Romanian national cadet teams having at least 3 years up to 7 years of experience playing basketball. The test applied to this sample was The Profile of Nonverbal Sensitivity. The test results were statistically analysed aiming to evaluate the nonverbal decoding accuracy of each evaluated athlete and to identify the possible differences between the two teams: boys and girls. Results : There is a statistically significant difference between the two teams in boys’ favor, meaning that the girls have done lower average general scores. In decoding face cues both teams are almost equal, de difference relay on understanding the body movement and attitude. Conclusions: Due the scores obtained by the tested players we can conclude that their nonverbal skills are at high level. Training nonverbal communication potentially enhanced game planning and building into the team a healthy psychological and social environment.

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青年组队运动员的非语言交流

背景和研究目标：非语言交流总是出现在运动队的比赛中，在球场上和在球场周围。本文旨在研究两个精英篮球学员队的非语言技能。材料和方法：为实现这一目标，我们对一组38名15 -16岁的年轻篮球运动员（分别为20个女孩和18个男孩）进行了PONS测试。这些少年是罗马尼亚国家学员队的成员，他们至少有3年至7年的打篮球经验。应用于此样本的测试是“非言语敏感性档案”。对测试结果进行统计分析，旨在评估每个评估运动员的非语言解码准确性，并确定男孩和女孩这两个团队之间的可能差异。结果：在男孩偏爱的两支球队之间，在统计上存在显着差异，这意味着女孩的平均成绩较低。在解码面部线索时，两个团队几乎相等，不同之处在于对身体运动和姿势的理解。结论：由于测试玩家获得的分数，我们可以得出结论，他们的非语言技能水平很高。训练非语言交流可能会增强游戏计划，并在团队中建立健康的心理和社交环境。