{"id":11754,"date":"2020-02-05T20:32:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T20:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/?p=11754"},"modified":"2025-07-29T04:23:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:23:02","slug":"perfectionist-athletes-who-are-easily-frustrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/perfectionist-athletes-who-are-easily-frustrated\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfectionist Athletes Who Are Easily Frustrated &#8211; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this video of Mental Training Sessions with Doc, you learn why <strong>perfectionist<\/strong> athletes become easily frustrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the characteristics of <strong>perfectionists<\/strong> is that they get upset very quickly when they make mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These athletes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_eM9EF7Ipac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"lose emotional control quickly and become 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