I have been involved in the Javelin Throw for over 20 years and have a broad range of knowledge and experience 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 from that point, winning the English Schools Championships and the AAAs U20 title 4 years in succession (a feat that had never and has still never been repeated). 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 & finished 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 gone on to focus on my coaching career, and currently coach a number of promising young athletes based primarily in Loughborough as well as Sheffield. This in addition to supporting the development of the UK Javelin Association (www.ukjav.com)

I graduated from University in 2005 with an MSc in Sports Biomechanics and as part of my dissertation, I looked into the how changes in momentum during the "run-off" phase of the throw influence the ground reaction forces exerted on the plant leg during the throw.

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 with various coach education workshops on the Local Coach Development Programme (primarily West Midlands). I previously worked for the English Institute of Sport as a Senior Strength & Conditioning Coach and I am a Tutor and Assessor for the United Kingdom Strength & Conditioning Association (UKSCA).

I am the Owner and Director of Sightline Performance Limited offering Coaching, bespoke Strength & Conditioning support and Athlete Management for Performance Level Athletes in our elite group Team Sightline (www.sightlineperformance.com)