{"id":14852,"date":"2022-06-19T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/?p=14852"},"modified":"2025-06-04T07:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T11:19:13","slug":"when-soccer-players-want-to-quit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/when-soccer-players-want-to-quit\/","title":{"rendered":"When Soccer Players Want to Quit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this&nbsp;<strong>sports psychology podcast<\/strong>, Dr. Cohn helps a player who wants to quit his game because he thinks he is not the best on the team, Dr. Cohn answers in this episode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duane:&nbsp;<em>&#8220;<\/em><em>I\u2019m playing soccer and I\u2019m thinking about quitting because I am literally the worst one on the team. I tried to tell my parents that I don\u2019t want to play soccer anymore, but they just kept me in. I think it\u2019s stupid to keep playing for their enjoyment. 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