{"id":581,"date":"2010-03-28T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=581"},"modified":"2025-06-13T08:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T12:35:19","slug":"sport-psychology-podcast-perform-without-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/sport-psychology-podcast-perform-without-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport Psychology Podcast: Perform Without Expectations"},"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 a basketball player who puts pressure on himself to perform. 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