Coach smith knew that the use of imagery would also help athletes manage their anxiety. But rather than simply instructing them to use imagery at home and before competition, as he had done in past years, he In the beginning, he had the team imagine performing they had already mastered in order to get them using imagery. Then he had the athletes use imagery for new techniques before actually performing the skill. If athletes made mistake, Coach Smith would encourage them to imagine the proper form before correcting the error. In practice activi ties in which athletes were waiting their turn to wrestle, he would have them watch others and try to imagine how they would react to the situations they observed. As athletes developed more proficiency at using imagery, he created scenarios that they might experience in upcoming matches and had them imagine how they would respond. He noticed that this helped the athletes make better decisions on the and attentional focus when and practice simulations help athletes learn to regain emolional control facing adversity in a match