Sian Osmond - Persistence is the key to Sian's rapid ascent

Sian Osmond was taken to her first soccer match at six months old. She cried every time her dad’s team scored.

But tears quickly turned to cheers and by the age of 18 she received the FA Level 2 coaching badge. A further decade on, the 28-year-old has the Uefa A License and is head coach of London Bees, who play in the third tier of the women’s pyramid in England.

What started as medical cover, watching games and observing training quickly became a swift rise through the coaching ranks with the Bees, from under-17s manager and development team assistant coach to development team manager, first-team coach and now, after an interim period at the helm, permanent head coach.

Sian’s full-time job is as a women’s recreational football officer at the Middlesex County Football Association, where she is working to increase adult participation in the run up to Euro 2022, hosted in England.

SCW caught up with Sian to talk about how she has developed as a coach, and her advice for coaches looking to climb the coaching ladder...