{"id":485,"date":"2010-01-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=485"},"modified":"2025-06-16T02:41:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T06:41:52","slug":"sports-psychology-podcast-play-without-fear-in-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/sports-psychology-podcast-play-without-fear-in-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Psychology Podcast: Play Without Fear in Competition"},"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>In this week&#8217;s <strong>sports psychology podcast<\/strong>, Dr. Cohn helps an football player who has a mental block when trying to kick PATs. Sports psychology expert, Dr. Patrick Cohn helps athletes perform without <strong>fear <\/strong>and tension in competition. Dr. Cohn answers the following mental game question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I play football for my high school. I&#8217;m a kick and punter. In practice I can hit everything. I have college offers from schools all across the nation. But I have some kind of a mental block when trying to kick PATs. 50 yard field goals I don&#8217;t miss. For some reason, I seem to be almost scared of them. I dread going out too kick them.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this Podcast, Dr. Cohn gives the top mental game strategies to trust in your practice and perform your best. Athletes tend to tighten up and underperform when they try to avoid making mistakes. 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