The goal of every coach is to create an environment in which his athletes can thrive. Performance anxiety is a coach's worst enemy simply because it can have a negative impact on athletes both mentally and physically. The mastery approach to coaching is a cognitive-behavioral intervention designed to promote a motivational climate that involves mastery (Smith, Smoll, Cumming, 2007). How a coach manages his athletes is essential to their confidence and ability to overcome any level of performance anxiety. Critical or punitive feedback from coaches can evoke high levels of negative affect in children who fear failure and disapproval, thus contributing to a threatening athletic environment (Smith, Smoll, Cumming, 2007). The effectiveness of the training method completely depends on the coach, his personality and the needs of the student-athletes. Each program and institution is unique and has different institutional goals and objectives that attract different student-athletes than other colleges or universities (Koivula, Hassmen, Fallby, 2002)....