Background
He was born in Gloucester in 1981.
He was born in Gloucester in 1981.
He attended school in Tuffley at Street Peter"s High School, Gloucester and Hartpury College in Gloucestershire. He completed a hat-trick the following year with M Bowes.
In 2009, Gooding relocated to the United Kingdom beach volleyball Headquarters at TeamBath, part of the University of Bath. He has played on the FIVB World Tour since 2007. Jody currently has the highest finishes for a male athlete from Great Britain on the international stage a 13th place on the World Tour ad 9th Place on the European Tour.
2011 was a good year for Jody after getting a career high of 13th on the World Tour and beating all is other Great Britain rivals, he has put himself in Pole position for qualification to the 2012 Olympics with seven tournaments remaining,
lieutenant was announced on 22 November 2011 that Nutrition company NutritionX would be sponsoring and Supporting Jody in his push for a place at the London 2012 Olympics.
He won the men"s championship with Paul Godwin at Weymouth in 2001 despite having a broken toe and whiplash injuries, and was named player of the tournament. He won again in 2003 with Clayton Lucas. Training on Sandbanks Beach, Dorset, he won the Sandbanks Classic with Greg Weaver in 2004/2005. He won the Volleyball England Beach Championship at Brighton in 2007 with Steve Grotowski. He was the youngest-ever British champion. He has won over 25 British Tour events.
Gooding appeared on Match of the Day with members of the Manchester United team to launch a government sport initiative.
