He graduated with a Masters Degree in Sports Biomechanics from Loughborough University in 2005, specialising in ‘The Javelin Throw’ and to this day continues to underpin his now well-established philosophies with scientifically valid arguments. He also has a wealth of international experience as an athlete performing at a high level which included winning Gold at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Annecy, France as well as representing England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

David has been involved in sport as an Athlete, Coach & Practitioner for 18 years, most of which has been spent in High Performance (HP) sport. He is professionally accredited through the United Kingdom Strength & Conditioning Association (UKSCA). Within that time as a Performance Coach, he has vast experience coaching athletes at grass roots level in schools/ clubs through to high quality International Athletes, coaching both athletes with a disability & able-bodied athletes in a broad range of disciplines.

Philosophy

David is a highly motivated Athletic Performance & Strength & Conditioning Coach possessing excellent leadership and interpersonal skills as well as a broad range of experiences working with both coaches, developing athletes and high performers of varying ages and abilities across a broad range of sports. David is a sports enthusiast with a predominant background in Performance Coaching for the Javelin Throw. He specialises in the development of Strength and Power in Track & Field, Weight Lifting for Sports Performance & Strength Diagnostics and has a huge passion for the coaching processes which contribute to the development and outcome for high performing athletes. David is confident with presentations & training workshops having delivered to a diverse range of audiences all over the World. He also has a significant amount of experience in group leading with his experiences including leading the Great Britain U23 Track & Field Team at the European U23 Championships, held in Bydgoszcz in 2017. David is able to conduct complex needs analyses for a wide demographic of athletes, coaches & teams and is experienced in strategic resolution and motivating others.

He is a proud family man as well as a keen Footballer, Golfer & Skier and is a lifelong Liverpool Football Club fan.

He is currently pursuing Postural Restoration Institute certifications which he is already utilizing with some of the most promising Javelin Throwers supported by TJT and with his background in Cricket both culturally & professionally he’s motivated by helping members of the general population, cricketers & of course Javelin Throwers achieve their respective goals. Ankoor’s primary role in ‘The Javelin Throw (TJT)’ will be to help our elite Javelin Throwers as well as provide education for Javelin Throwers of all ages and levels in achieving optimal performance at each stage of their development as well as to mitigate the injury risk, which comes along with taking park in this challenging event. He’ll also be in charge of ‘TJT Education™’, hosting our brand new podcast series ‘The JavKast™’ as well as editing our online articles through ‘The Javelin Journal™’ & moving forward to our webinars & other educational offerings in the future for TJT.