Keith O'Dell Jr, Baby Pool Prodigy, Is A Wizard With A Cue (VIDEO)

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JOHNSTOWN, N.Y.(AP) -- A New York toddler still in diapers has a growing reputation as a pool shark with a mean bank shot _ even though he has to stand on a chair to reach the table.

Two-year-old Keith O'Dell Jr. from upstate New York has pool shooting videos posted on YouTube, has his own Web site () and is the youngest member of the American Pool Association. http://www.poolprodigy.com

The son of pool-playing parents, the toddler recently traveled to Las Vegas to put on a demonstration for the APA, the governing body of amateur pool.

O'Dell started playing pool on a child-size table, but has since moved up to a regulation table.

His parents say his learning hasn't been limited to billiard games. Pool is also teaching him colors and how to count.

Comments

[humuhumunukunukuapuaa]

06:28 PM on 05/26/2009

All he needs is a mullet and a Marlboro red hanging for his lips, and he'll be ready for the pro-circuit.

[Christopher in NYC]

03:21 PM on 05/26/2009

If Rush Limbaugh was contributing to this thread, he'd probably post,

"I want this kid to FAIL....!!!!"

[CrustAlmighty]

02:11 PM on 05/26/2009

Nothing says Whi.te Tra.sh like pool and creed.

[Disdain]

04:32 PM on 05/26/2009

Be kind. This is a baby we're talking about here.

[rektruax]

05:24 PM on 05/26/2009

what are you talking about? All the pool "clubs" (that's actually what they call them) here in New York are packed with little more than NYU students.

As far as the "music" goes; I didn't have a clue who the band was... But you did.

[htd2009]

12:36 PM on 05/26/2009

I'll whup his butt on the table...

[wadenelson1]

12:06 PM on 05/26/2009

I play poker with this kid online.

[PCMinistry]

11:45 AM on 05/26/2009

Most impressive was the 1:00 rail ball. Take this kid to the bar!

[ignorantwillyharper]

10:19 AM on 05/26/2009

I can hear him now saying, get me a bottle of JTS Brown stright up with a nipple on it.

[sisterdebmac]

10:17 AM on 05/26/2009

You people are so cynical. You really expect a two-year old to play on a full-sized table? And that's what bothers you about this?

[Vee]

10:54 AM on 05/26/2009

I know, right? I mean that IS a full-sized table for a boy that small.

[ignorantwillyharper]

10:16 AM on 05/26/2009

Fast Eddie Felson is back, he's rested, diapered and ready!

[AWAKEONE]

08:58 AM on 05/26/2009

Watch little Keith star in our new show, "Intervention: Under five," coming this Fall!

[LLisaLL]

08:42 AM on 05/26/2009

That is fairly amazing for a child 2 yrs old to have the hand-eye coordination required, regardless of the size of tha table, as well as the mental ability to concentrate and calcuate the shots and the control of the cue. If you don't think so, do even a little child development research.

[cd789]

12:38 PM on 05/26/2009

I'm concerned that it could be a little too amazing. Could these special abilities be a sign of savantism often associated with autism? It was a very short video, but I didn't hear any words from the child. I say this not to criticize the child's abilities, which are incredible, but only to hope that he receives the proper attention if there is indeed a developmental disorder.

[don]

08:35 AM on 05/26/2009

Soon to appear in his first movie, "The Color of Crayons."

[Skutch]

08:34 AM on 05/26/2009

I'd find this more impressive if his parents didn't happen to be pool players.

[CrustAlmighty]

02:10 PM on 05/26/2009

I'd find this more impressive if this kid had crafted his own pool table out of a piece of slate and some felt he found in the sandbox and invented the game of pool independently of adult intervention.

[Skutch]

06:18 PM on 05/26/2009

Obviously.
Of course, just crafting his own table wouldn't do much good. He would need to craft the balls and cue as well.

[Conk]

08:26 AM on 05/26/2009

Some of you must have dug deep to find a negative comment about this story. Grow up!

[Kevbo68]

07:25 AM on 05/26/2009

Excellent. He'll be smoking and drinking by 5 too!

"Hold on. Match called on account of a full diaper."

I could still kick his bottom in Pivot Pool.