This is a video of pool trick shot artist Florian “Venom” Kohler (crazy, I never would have pegged him for a Venom) discussing his skills, and demonstrating how to make a few shots. Florian, the proud recipient of numerous Guinness World Records, estimates he’s invented over 10,000 new tricks, most
Presumably to promote the new Space Jam movie, this is a video of basketballer Tristan Jass performing some sort of spinny over-the-back layup trick-shot that can only be described as “How did he do that?” and “I would have broken both my legs.” Honestly, I think I may have sprained
This is a video of Todd Robbins of Kuma Films performing a variety of trick shots with a rope dart, a Chinese martial arts weapons similar to the Japanese kunai on a rope popularized by Scorpion in Mortal Kombat. Get over here! “Finish him.” Fatality. “Toasty!” Haha, that brings back
This is a clip from lots of free time haver and Twitter user commuteroo, who, using a basketball atop a stationary skateboard, manages to launch the ball with his bicycle, making a basket. In his own words while I don’t spend any time trying to replicate this shot: This one
Because dream it and you can achieve it, no matter how trivial or inconsequential, this is a video of a man kicking a roll of packing tape so it rolls in a wide arc, then slowly kicking a ping pong ball through the hole in the middle of that packing
This is a video of a man with literally nothing better to do (he looks bored!) attempting a variety of trick shots that took, what I can only assume, the entire pandemic to accomplish. Sure it’s more than I’ve accomplished in the same time, but I’m also not filming myself.
This is an ad created by director Lucas Zanotto for Italian furniture manufacturer PLANK using a bunch of their designs to perform ping pong ball trick shots (previously: this maniac’s trick shots). Apparently it took Lucas and his nephew over two weeks and 2,000 attempts to sink all the shots
Seen here performing what will now forever be known as a Mary Poppins, a man throws his umbrella as it opens, the wind catches it, and then he catches it. Could his catch have been a little better? Sure, it does look like he almost got poked in the eye