My whole family are beach volleyball players, but I’m working my way into the EFL
COVENTRY CITY’s Ben Sheaf is dreaming of a Wembley final in May.
However, the action-packed midfielder could just as well have prepared for his participation in the Olympic Games in Paris BEACH VOLLEYBAL – if he had followed the family tradition!
“My mother Mandy represented Great Britain and England in beach volleyball and I went to a few European events and watched my brothers Jake and Luke represent GB when I was younger,” he said.
“Jake represented Great Britain in beach volleyball at the Commonwealth Games in Australia, but he is unlikely to make it to the Olympics this year as he now spends more time on the business side of volleyball.
“I chose football quite early in my career because it was the sport I loved most and it turned out to be a good choice.
“Also, my younger brother Max is a professional at Ross County in Scotland, while my father is a PE teacher, so we are a very sporty family.
“But I’d like to think I’d made a good attempt at going pro in a few other sports.
“I played volleyball as a kid and was decent and I was actually quite good at ping pong and tennis, as well as being Kent cross country champion four years in a row.
“I have played all sports and I would like to do well in any sport. Darts is my latest sport and I recently scored my first 180.
“But what I want above all is to establish myself as a Premier League player because I started at Arsenal and I aim to get back to that level.
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“Playing Wolves is a challenge we are all looking forward to as it gives us the opportunity to return to Wembley.
“We lost there in the Play-Off final last season and the memory drives us forward because we want to taste what it feels like to win at Wembley.
“The choice between playing an FA Cup final there or a Play-Off final is difficult, but I would go for the Play-Offs because our ultimate ambition is to play in the Premier League.”
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