Looking for a word

He uses a lot of body english.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/body%20English

Hi

- Body english

Wow! I have been a native speaker in London for nearly sixty years and I've never heard that. It's one of those phrases that uses a national attribute but the nation in question wouldn't recognise it. Maybe like French fries

Here, I think we would just call it 'spin'. Here is Shane Warne, about to deliver a mighty spin bowl. And, now that I know, I

dave_anonHere is Shane Warne, about to deliver a mighty spin bowl. And, now that I know, I can say there's a lot of body english there

"about to" doesn't count. It's the gestures made after the ball leaves his hand that count as body English. It is seen more obviously in bowling.

CJ

Maybe body english has more in common with french kissing than with french fries?

I too am a cricket fan and native speaker and I've never heard the expression. There is not a lot of time to wave at a ball travelling at 90 mph over 20 yards! It sounds more like a golfer waving his club at a ball in flight, but again I've never heard of this or any other specific expression to describe the common phenomenon.

Vic Zmore like a golfer waving his club at a ball in flight

Yes, that would be another example of it.

CJ

Hi

I understand it better now. I thought it meant the attitude taken in the moments before a sports move - from that you can sometimes read or misread the intention. There's probably another word for that

But body english is what the sportsperson does immediately after. In the UK, I think we sometimes call that the follow-through

Dave

I am a cricket fan, too.

Thanks!