The purpose of this investigation was to determine the amount of mental imagery ability in injured and uninjured Iranian professional soccer and volleyball players. Two Iranian soccer premier leagues and two volleyball premier league clubs participated in this study. VVIQ & VMIQ were used to measure the ability of participants` mental imagery. Also, Fuller's questionnaire [9] was used to evaluate the incidence of the players` injury. An independent t-test was used to analyze the data. The results of this study revealed that for soccer players, a significant difference existed in the internal imagery ability between injured and uninjured players while no significant difference was found in external mental imagery between injured and uninjured players. For volleyball players, in internal mental imagery ability and external mental imagery, no significant difference was found between the injured and uninjured players. Based on the finding of this study, soccer players with higher internal imagery ability are more prone to injury.
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