So a little background… my father always wanted me to play football and he was always furious if i was not the best. my father was quite abusive (more mentally/verbally than physically). so whenever i messed up on the football field i knew he would berate me with degrading and horrible things. now im aware some of you are gunna say thats just a part of sports but let me put this in perspective for you…. i messed up a block and he called me a “f-ing p*ssy and he was ashamed to be my father… i was 8 years old when he said that to me. 4 years later i was fortunate enough to have a restraining order filed against him after his 3rd DUI.

i now live with my loving mother who is amazing… now onto my main problem. after not playing my freshman and sophomore year i decided to come back to football for my junior year. when i am in the right mindset i ball out. i made varsity almost immediately. the thing is… sometimes when im lining up for a play i start to get really scared that if i mess something up something bad will happen even though i know it wont. when these things happen i almost always mess up (like wrong route or dropping the ball). long story short i occasionally get anxiety in football and it causes me to not reach my full potential 

Does anyone have any strategies i could use to help myself overcome my fear/anxiety? 

thanks to everybody who responds :)