Trainers, consultants, teachers, executives, actors, and many others know: Those who speak well improve their professional and personal opportunities. With the innovative approach of a sporty speaking training, the authors aim to bring the art of good speaking closer to a wide audience. Using short poems and a ballad as examples, the second edition demonstrates how the exercises of speaking sports can also be applied to other texts. Speaking sports is a playful, enjoyable, and sporty form of speaking training. All elements of good speaking are explained, and there are effective exercises, tips, and tricks for everything: posture, body language, body tension, relaxation, breathing, voice, articulation - nothing is missing. Because good speaking means not only clear articulation; what is crucial is the development of both mental and physical abilities.