[1][2] Pollock was born on 11 May 1977 in Liverpool, England, with spina bifida, a developmental congenital disorder caused by the incomplete closing of the embryonic neural tube.

[2] Pollock first competed at the 1997 European Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Madrid, Spain, winning silver.

In 2000, he was a member of Team GB in the 2000 Summer Paralympic Games, held in Sydney, Australia.

In 2001–02, he finished in fourth place at the 2001/2002 European championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

In 2010, he finished fifth, along with his team, in the World Wheelchair Basketball Championships, held in Birmingham.

[2][3] At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, Pollock and the GB team got through to the semi-finals after beating Turkey,[6] but lost against Canada 52–69, keeping them out of medal position.