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Minnesota Fats, his original teacher gave him his nickname, because he played fast and loose. He set the world's record running a rack of 15 balls in 33.95 seconds on a 9' table. His high run is 274 balls. He holds the world record for the high run at rotation, 75 balls, and the most balls made on the break at 8 & 9 balls, eight balls fell. He tied the PBT most ran racks record at 9 ball.

"Fast Larry" performs a mind-boggling 100 world-class artistic trick shots during his show. His bag of tricks consists of over 250 shots. He is the only pool or billiards player to appear in Ripley's Believe It Or Not 5 times, 5 years in a row.

   

He co-starred with Allison Fisher at the Las Vegas BCA Show, performed with Mike Massey in the Atlanta Super Show and Tom Rossman at the Hopkins Expo in Philadelphia. The top three largest and most important shows in pool.

He has circumnavigated the globe 3 times non-stop. His last world wide tour was in Early 2004. He has performed in 70 countries on 5 continents and traveled over 3,000,000 miles promoting the game worldwide.

Fats taught him how to play, He came up in the same pool hall with the Fast Eddy from the Hustler Movie. Paul Gerni taught him his trick shots. He was the 1st to hit a 10 and 11 rail banks, then he did it one handed, then 12 rails two handed. He is considered the most powerful pool player on the planet. He holds over 20 world records, some of which may never be broken.

"Fast Larry" has appeared in virtually every pool and billiard magazine on earth, in 300 newspapers, in 40 different languages, on every major TV network on prime time, and on ESPN USA and Asia with worldwide exposure. Over 2 billion people have either read about him or seen him play which is 2/6ths of the planet. That record is only matched by Mike Massey.

Fast is a master level instructor and currently writes columns in 6 magazines in 4 countries, the USA, Canada, China and the UK. He is read by one million fans a month from 37 countries. He has also appeared on the cover of 8 billiard magazines. He holds gold medals and 4 Grand Master's titles in the World Trick Shot Competition plus a World Artistic Title. He is considered one of the greatest shot makers of all time by many hall of famers. Larry was inducted into the trick shot hall of fame in 1998.

Fast Larry Teaches: Trick Shots Vol. 1 TRAILER!

Click Here to see the new video movie trailer for the upcoming Fast Larry DVD. Excitement is building, the release of the first in the Fast Larry Teaches series is almost here. Come take a first peek at what we are up to, and share it with friends!

Larry posing with the new Diamond Jubilee Series Balls

Diamond Jubilee Balls Are Now Available!!!

Celebrating Larry's Jubilee year in professional pool,The new set of pro-grade balls;"The Fast Larry Diamond Jubilee Set" is up for sale. This set is calibrated to the highest professional standard of size and weight. Additionally, there will be two other ball sets in the Fast Larry Collection, Check them out today!

 

Fast Larry Teaches: Trick Shots Vol. 1

COMING SOON!

DVD Release Announced: Trick Shots Vol. 1

Shooting has concluded on Fast Larry Teaches: Trick Shots Vol. 1. This is the first in a series of tutorial videos that Fast Larry will be releasing. This first volume will contain valuable information on the history, equipment, and inside secrets of billiards/pool trick shot play. Additionally, Fast Larry will teach you some neat shots to show your friends and impress your family.

Stay tuned, DVD release slated for Fall 2005.



Larry became the fastest player alive in 1994, pocketing all 15 billiard balls in just 33.9 seconds, hence the handle " Fast Larry ."


"Larry you are The Great One. The best shotmaker I ever saw." - Ray Martin , 3 time World  Champion and BCA Hall of Famer.