Webber turned down an offer from “America’s Got Talent.” “(‘Superkids’ producers) reached out to us recently and there is a chance he’s going to be on other shows in other countries.” “It was similar to ‘America’s Got Talent,’ with a full audience and a bunch of other kids,” Jesse said. He was flown to Germany to appear on “Superkids” on German TV in August. “I started posting them online and people started liking them.” “It was winter and I was inside a lot and I was bored,” Webber said of mastering trick shots. His father previously had taught him how play eight-ball and nine-ball. Webber started playing artistic billiards about a year ago. Webber’s father Jesse was a semi-professional eight-ball and nine-ball pool player, but he had never done trick shots. Webber, nicknamed The Stinger, was featured on “The Steve Harvey Show” in late October. But if school doesn’t work out, I have something to fall back on.” Of course, I plan go to college and get an education. I still have all these years of practicing and learning even more. “There are a couple of people (trick shot players) who say they can’t even do some of the stuff I do. “I started to realize this is something I could do in the future,” Webber said. Webber said he started “practicing like crazy” after the video got so much exposure. He has been featured in USA Today, GQ and Esquire. Webber’s trick shots were shown on ESPN and MTV. It got more than 85 million views on Facebook. Then he got a huge break when Kohler, nicknamed Venom, shared one of Webber’s videos on Facebook and it went viral this summer. Webber, 14, quickly began practicing his trick shots and kept getting better. “One day my dad showed me a video of Florian Kohler doing trick shots,” the Fishers High School freshman said. One look was all it took for Matthew Webber to get hooked.
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