Nervous for tryouts!

HI, I’m really nervous for my highschools volleyball tryouts. I was on freshman team my freshman year then JV my sophomore year and Being a junior its the hardest year to make a team and I’m just really nervous. I’m not bad, but I’m not as well as the others becuase we couldnt afford to play in the off season. I just need some advicve on how to calm my nerves down a little haha I’m scared of not making a team, I love volleyball so much and I dont care if I’m a junior on JV I just want to play cause thats what I love…anyways any advice?

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Hello, Personally understand how you feel. What I try to do is think of a time that I did really good and just keep that in your thoughts and also think of things that make you happy. If you feel that being nervous hurts your performance try to negate it in your mind. Just accept that if your nervous you will do bad so you might as well not be nervous because it doesn’t matter anyway. Once you do this you learn to get rid of your nervousness and do well. It is all about overcoming your mind. And remember, actually having fun can help out a lot.