Ten minutes before you step onto the field, you feel butterflies in your stomach and you’re stuck in your head thinking about the mistakes you’ll make. Fortunately, you’re not alone. Many athletes, probably some in the locker room with you, experience performance anxiety. That feeling of nervousness about an upcoming game is typically called nerves, pregame anxiety, or performance anxiety. Nervousness around a match often arises when you don’t know how the game will go and ar