a description of self-talk_ narrative self-talk to examine the value of self-talk in soccer player

background: self-talk can be described as what people say to themselves either obviously or non-obviously. self-talk has been known as someone talks inside or quietly. as a matter of fact, self-talk is self-communication which can occur in several situations. objective: together the athlete’s perceptions of the self-talk intervention and its relationship to their performance to obtain information about self-talks as clear as possible. method: one veteran iranian national soccer player candidate voluntary (age= 26) attended in three session’s open-ended interviews. he also has had 10 years of playing experience. the content of interview transcripts was then hierarchically analyzed to identify the themes. result: the finding revealed that self-talk in positive patterns was mostly motivational and in negative patterns was motivational and cognitive as well. conclusion: interviews and narrow observations of outstanding athletes showed precious knowledge about psychological factors specifically in self- talk since it is considered as sort of leader for unpredictable event in and off the sport field.