““Coach Beckner of Boise State explains the power of body language through the “thermostat” effect of the game changer: “When playmakers walk into a gym, they are thermometers. They take the temperature of the environment (competitiveness level, talent level, energy/emotion) and they adjust to it. They conform to the temperature. The game changer is a thermostat. He walks in the gym and sets the temperature. If the competitiveness level, talent level, or energy/emotion isn't where he likes it…he sets it. He demands, insists, and fights to have the gym and environment the way he wants them” (Phil Beckner, pers. comm.).””
