{"id":2699,"date":"2012-10-28T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T06:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=2699"},"modified":"2025-06-12T07:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T11:14:26","slug":"does-anxiety-and-fear-of-failure-hurt-your-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/does-anxiety-and-fear-of-failure-hurt-your-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Anxiety and Fear of Failure Hurt Your Performance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/getpsychedicon.jpg\" alt=\"Sports Psychology Podcast\" title=\"Sports Psychology Podcast\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In this week&#8217;s sports psychology podcast, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn, answers a question from a football kicker who thinks negatively and is afraid to fail when competing. 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