Claudio Robazza Editor

Montse C. Ruiz (PhD, SASP-FEPSAC UPV sert.) is Senior Lecturer of sport and exercise psychology at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her research interests involve emotional regulation and the study of emotional and motivational components of performance-related experiences. She is a certified consultant of the European Federation of Sport Psychology and the Finnish Psychological Association, and has worked with athletes in different sports, levels, and countries. Montse is a board member of national and international Sport and Exercise Psychology associations.

Claudio Robazza (PhD) is Professor of methods and didactics of motor activities at the Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences of the University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. As a sport psychologist, he has been working with top-level athletes of different sports. He has conducted field-based studies in physical education, motor learning, and sport performance domains, and his primary research interest is in the area of performance-related emotions, performance optimisation, and motor learning. In 2015, Claudio received the Ema Geron Award from the FEPSAC (European Federation of Sport Psychology) in recognition of his national contribution to the development of sport and exercise psychology. In the same year, he also received the Diploma of Honour – Bronze Medal from the ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) in appreciation of his service to the shooting sports.