{"id":838,"date":"2010-09-19T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=838"},"modified":"2025-06-13T07:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:39:09","slug":"sport-psychology-podcast-overcoming-a-fear-of-injury-in-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/sport-psychology-podcast-overcoming-a-fear-of-injury-in-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport Psychology Podcast: Overcoming a Fear of Injury in Sports"},"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&nbsp;hockey parent him his son&nbsp;who is afraid of body contact. 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