{"id":3046,"date":"2013-10-06T06:00:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-06T06:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2025-06-12T05:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T09:37:55","slug":"mental-coaching-with-dr-ken-ravizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/mental-coaching-with-dr-ken-ravizza\/","title":{"rendered":"Peak Performance in Sports with Dr. Ken Ravizza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this week&#8217;s <strong>sports psychology podcast<\/strong>, mental game of sports expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn interviews Dr. Ken Ravizza about his approach to mental coaching. This podcast is a special preview of one of 14 interviews with nationally recognized<strong> top sports psychologists<\/strong>. In this excerpt, Dr. Ravizza talks about his progression in his career. 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