I have been involved in the Javelin Throw for over 20 years and have a broad range of knowledge and experiences relating to the event. As a talented all round sportsperson, my father Phil discovered I had a natural affinity with throwing things and the transition to Javelin Throwing became fairly swift. He introduced me to Wilf Paish and later John Trower which led to a very successful throwing career as a young athlete, winning the English Schools Championships and the AAAs U20 title 4 years in succession as well as breaking the UK U17 record in 1996 which still stands at 73.56m. I also went on to win the World Junior Championship in 1998 and gained further success in 1999 winning silver in the European Junior Champs finishing my junior career with a throw of 77.48m; a throw bettered only by our greatest ever male Javelin Thrower Steve Backley. The high point of my injury plagued senior career came in 2006 when I represented England at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

I have since really gone on to focus on my coaching career (having started coaching when injured in 2002), and currently coach a number of promising athletes based primarily in Loughborough.

I graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Mathematics with Management in 2003 and in 2005 with an MSc in Sports Biomechanics. As part of my dissertation, I looked into the how changes in momentum (impulse) during the "run-off" phase of the throw influence the ground reaction forces exerted on the plant leg during the throw. The findings from this still influence my coaching to this day.

I am currently the National Coach Mentor for the Javelin Throw, with England Athletics having taken this role on in 2012 and I support England Athletics as well as the other Home Nations with various coach education workshops. I previously worked for the English Institute of Sport as a Senior Strength & Conditioning Coach, leading the Physical Preparation of GB Diving into the London Olympic Games and I am an active Tutor and Assessor for the United Kingdom Strength & Conditioning Association (UKSCA).