Sports psychology is a young field within the psychology community today. The field arose in recent years because “specialists from all areas of sport discovered that two equally skilled athletes did not achieve the same results in terms of performance.” At high levels of competition, what makes the difference is the athlete's mental readiness to perform. Sports specialists then realized that “the mental preparation of athletes was as important as the physical one. Bellon (2006) stated that “athletes must train mentally to maximize their potential” (p. 1). Based on past and recent studies, the field of sports psychology has proven its effectiveness on both athletes and performers. Today, sport psychology continues to grow “based on principles of psychology that focus on improving social, mental, artistic, and athletic performance, as well as overall psychological benefits and human enrichment” (Olevsky, 2012, p. 1 ). .At some point in every child's life, they have most likely dreamed of becoming a famous basketball player or pianist and wanting to be the center of attention in the spotlight. However, we all become individuals who become aware of our environment and self; not only judging by internal perception, but also by how the outside world sees us. These universal fears and anxieties are known to make dreams come true or destroy them. When it comes to most research, there is usually no shortage of possible flaws and hope for future implications. According to Humara (1999), “the main problem that research on the relationship between anxiety and performance has encountered is that researchers have not adequately operationally defined the cons...... half of the paper ......aa Greensboro ) . ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, , 112. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/304964024?accountid=7374. (304964024). Suinn, R. M. (2005). Behavioral intervention for stress management in sport. International Journal of Stress Management, 12(4), 343-362. doi:10.1037/1072-5245.12.4.343 Tenenbaum, G., Edmonds, W. A., & Eccles, D. W. (2008). Emotions, coping strategies and performance: a conceptual framework for defining affect-related performance zones. Military Psychology (Taylor & Francis Ltd), 2011-37. doi:10.1080/08995600701804772 Wilson, M., Smith, N. C., & Holmes, P. S. (2007). The role of effort in influencing the effect of anxiety on performance: Testing the contrasting predictions of processing efficiency theory and the conscious processing hypothesis. British Journal of Psychology, 98(3), 411-428. doi:10.1348/000712606X133047