Most people would rather have a swimming pool in their back garden than an actual ... Players in the game, dubbed 'Knokkers', hurl 6lb ten-pin bowling balls at coloured balls to pot them in ...

In pool, one of those records is the run of 526 balls pocketed without a miss by one of the most famous players of all, Willie Mosconi, in 1954. That total was surpassed on Monday by John Schmidt ...

Watch as he demonstrates a level of skill and precision that borders on the supernatural as he makes the balls spin, swerve and ricochet on demand. better known in the pool community as Venom.