“…Self-talk is an internal part of psychological skill training program. The use of self talk is usually combine with other psychological skills in an intervention training package (Hardy, 2006), and can be used by athletes to develop self confidence (Zinsser, Bunker & Williams, 2006;Hatzigeorgiadis, Zourbanos, Goltsios & Theodorakis, 2008;Hatzigeorgiadis, Zourbanos, Mpoumpaki & Theodorakis, 2009), increase motivation (Hardy, Gammage & Hall, 2001a;Hardy, Hall & Alexander, 2001b), increase performance (Perkos, Theodorakis & Chroni, 2002;Kolovelonis, Goudas & Dermitzaki, 2011), and increase ability to focus (Papaioannou, Ballon, Theodorakis & Auwelle, 2004). As a multi dimension construct, self talk is related to various dimensions such as valence, overtness, self-determination, motivational interpretation, frequency, and functions.…”