{"id":446,"date":"2009-10-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=446"},"modified":"2025-06-16T03:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T07:13:51","slug":"sports-psychology-podcast-relax-on-game-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/sports-psychology-podcast-relax-on-game-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Psychology Podcast: Relax on Game Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/getpsychedicon-e1448473208615.jpg\" alt=\"Sports Psychology Podcast\" class=\"wp-image-1412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/getpsychedicon-e1448473208615.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/getpsychedicon-e1448473208615-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This week&#8217;s <strong>sports psychology podcast<\/strong> focuses on how to <strong>relax<\/strong> on game day. 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