Author: Ryan Edwards

Ryan Edwards is the general manager and head coach of Christchurch United in New Zealand. He is an avid advocate for relationism in football and has been highly transparent in his coaching journey on social media, uploading videos of his training drills and snippets of his team’s matches so that others can take inspiration from his work. You can find him on X @Ryan_Edwards_NZ, formerly known as Twitter.

Latest posts

  • Relationism: The future of football coaching and tactics

    Relationism: The future of football coaching and tactics

    Like many coaches, I began my coaching career idolising Pep Guardiola, having watched his great Barcelona side conquer Europe and the world with some of the greatest players to have ever graced the game. However, what nobody could have predicted – not even the charismatic Catalan himself – was that his methods would become the…

  • Beyond the tactics board: How storytelling shapes coaching

    Beyond the tactics board: How storytelling shapes coaching

    In this day and age, a coach must be a jack-of-all-trades. They need to understand complex tactical concepts and data, be astute teachers on the grass, be shoulders to cry on, be disciplinarians, be mentors, be role models, and be capable of showing both emotion and restraint. Yet, from all the attributes listed when describing…