On Wednesday 17th April, I will be hosting a free coaching event at NineteenTwenty in London.  NineteenTwenty is a great Pool Bar in Clerkenwell, an easy walk from Barbican and Farringdon tube stations.

I will be there between 6pm and 8pm, and will be available to offer quick tips and advice to help players improve their game.  There is no need to book,  just come along and say Hello!

Original article: Free Coaching Event in London – 17/04/13

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The First 8-ball Trickshot App – Impress and Hustle Your Friends With Your Pool Prowess

The first trickshot App that teaches you how to hustle and play pool trick-shots like a pro launched today. Created by World 8 Ball Trickshot champion Steve Daking, this free App called Trickshot! has a host of videos giving step-by-step instructions to dazzle your friends and impress on the pool table. A number of videos are free including Grand National, Complete The Rack and Alcatraz; each show in detail how to set up and execute each trick-shot flawlessly. The trickshots vary in levels of difficulty so that you can hone your skill and move onto more complicated ones.

• Grand National – In this shot, launch the 8-ball off a cube of chalk into the air and over a line of balls before landing in a pocket
• Complete The Rack – The ultimate way to start a game of pool. Instead of racking up the usual way, send the cue ball off several cushions to complete the rack. A great little shot that you can practise before every frame of pool.
• Alcatraz – Free the 8-Ball from a cluster of balls to pot it. It looks impossible, but with a little know how and a bit of cue skill you’ll impress an audience in no time.

Complete your trickshot education with the App’s dictionary of Pool Slang and the US/UK translations for pool terminology. The UK is the second largest player of pool, behind the US and Canada with 5.2m people playing pool each week.

For more information visit: trickshotapp.co.uk

Click here to download from the App Store – it’s free!

Original article: Trickshot! – App now available on the AppStore

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Explaining the bottle trick on Sky Sports

The first two episodes of the 2012 World 8 Ball Pool Championship programmes have now hit the screens of Sky Sports here in the UK.

The first episode featured the Women’s final between Sue Thompson (Scotland) and Sharon Wright (England), programme number two presented the first Men’s team final – England v Wales.

While I was in Blackpool introducing the players and teams into the World Championship Arena,  I also filmed a number of segments for the television production.  The first two of these have now been shown as part of the programmes.  In ‘Steve Daking’s Masterclass’, so far I have explained a little about the break shot in English Pool and last week I performed a trickshot with some balls balance on top of a bottle – I even manged to pot a couple too!

In future episodes I will be talking about how spin works after it’s applied to the cueball, and performing a very quick trickshot.

Original article: Masterclass at the World 8 Ball Pool Championships

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The World 8 Ball Arena

The dates for the World 8 Ball Pool Championship coverage on Sky Sports have been announced.  The programmes start on Wednesday 3rd October and conclude seven weeks later on 14th November with the Men’s Individual Final.  Each programme will be broadcast several times, with repeat showings within 24 hours of the first broadcast.

Put the dates in your diary, and set your sky box to record!

Original article: World 8 Ball Championships – Television Dates Announced

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Press release announcing the launch of Virtual Pool 4

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (August 15th, 2012) — Celeris, Inc., Chatsworth, California, the Virtual Pool video game creator released the long awaited Virtual Pool 4 on the Windows PC platform.
VIRTUAL POOL 4 is the highly anticipated new installment of the critically acclaimed VIRTUAL POOL FRANCHISE, that has been known as the highest quality pool game and has been sold more than 3 million units across 14 PC/Console/Mobile SKUs since 1995. Virtual Pool 4 is a major release with top to bottom enhancements from Virtual Pool 3 and has highly upgraded graphics, physics and gameplay. It includes games for Pool, Snooker, Pub Pool, and Billiards, Pro Tour play against top amateurs and pros, and interactive video lessons.

Virtual Pool 4 is so realistic it will make your real life pool game better. Steve Chaplin, CEO of Celeris said “I’m very exited about the new release! This new version of Virtual Pool, Virtual Pool 4, is is pretty much a complete redo. We’ve added a Pro Tour career mode than allows you to play in tournaments, for a season on tour, against pros and top amateurs. The simulation is so good that it really is like playing real pool. Everything you learn in Virtual Pool is applicable to a real pool table.”

Retail price is US$29.99 in North America and set conversion rates will be applied to other regions.

An interview with Steve Chaplin about the upcoming release: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=110DEXLJdpo

Here is an article about Steve Chaplin and Virtual Pool: http://www.povpool.com/2012/08/08/the-world-of-virtual-pool-4-with-steve-chaplin/

For inquires about Virtual Pool 4 email vp4@celeris.com. For more information about the Virtual Pool franchise and Celeris, Inc., please visit www.celeris.com.

Original article: Virtual Pool 4 Released!

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Last year I filmed some coaching videos for inclusion in Virtual Pool 4, the closest you can get to playing pool without a pool table!   Last week, I got an exclusive preview of the game, and got the chance make this video so I can show my website visitors what it’s all about.  I think it’s unbelievable value at just $29.99, once the game is launched you can download your copy from here: http://vponline.celeris.com/vp4offprod

Original article: Virtual Pool 4 – Almost here!

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For those who missed it on MUTV, the full programme is now available here on stevedaking.com

Original article: MUTV Hotshots – The full show

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It was announced last week that I had won first prize in an international video contest.

For several years,  I have been a member of BNI (Business Network International).   I belong to a group that meets every week in London's Belgravia (the Commonwealth Chapter). It's a fantastic organisation for anyone in business – so if you want to come along just let me know and I will be happy to give you details!

Anyway, a couple of months ago I submitted an entry into this years' video contest, the theme being "What I love about BNI".  With the help of my lovely wife Heidi, (www.8ballvideo.com),  I made a video that combined some trick pool with the theme.

In my video, entitled "What Vinnie loves about BNI", I played the part of a New York Gangster Florist who likes business networking and a game of pool!  It will all make sense when you watch it.

Anyway, the contest was judged by the founder of BNI himself, Dr Ivan Misner, and as the first prize winner I get an all expenses paid trip to the BNI International Conference in Long Beach, California.  Amazing what you can win in the pool hall!

You can find out more about my winning entry and BNI at: http://www.bni.com/BNINews/tabid/64/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/559/Default.aspx

Original article: Bada-Bing! Vinnie wins BNI video contest

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