Sweating, increased heart rate, fidgeting, inattention and negative thoughts are typical symptoms of anxiety in sport. Hanton, Mellalieu, and Williams (2015) found that competitive sport has the potential for a high level of stress and anxiety. Anxiety is a typical response to a situation where an athlete's skills are being evaluated (Smith & Smoll, 1990). According to Weinberg and Gould (2015) anxiety can manifest itself as a stable part of one's personality known as trait anxiety, or as a temporary, more malleable, situation-specific state anxiety. Anxiety is made up of worrying thoughts and apprehensions (cognitive component) and degree of physical activation (somatic component). The factors which can increase stress and anxiety are: physical demands, psychological demands, environmental demands or expectations and pressure to perform to a high standard (Reilly & Williams, 2003). There are coping strategies which may help athletes to manage stress in important moments of the match (Smith, Schutz, Smoll, & Ptacek, 1995). Previous research showed that psychological skills of athletes