Shane Van Boening wins Derby City Classic 9-Ball

[DyMannlich]

thanks for the comments, i was watching him playing against earl strickland and he was talking and i was wondering why he was talking like that

[sas1ni69]

The South Dakota Kid is my favorite player. Please don't make fun of the way he speaks. It's not funny. He respects everybody so he deserves all the respect that can be given.

Go Shane !

[pigdisposal]

"i play almost every minute, thats the way you got to do it", hes a beast.

[pkirch1]

He was born about 92% deaf, so its remarkable he talks as well as he does.

[mugman911]

whats wrong with his voice?

[forcefollow]

I will count that as a serious question. To be sarcastic is to be an as#hole. He has an auditory impairment. However, you really can't count it as a handicap as he is a world beater. Shane is a credit to our sport.

[mugman911]

yes that was 100 percent serious i was just curious

[Seattle9Baller]

He's either HOH (hard of hearing) or deaf. Being HOH myself, I can tell you that for us it's very difficult to enunciate properly as we cannot hear ourselves the way others do. Therefore, we never get that auditory feedback to know if we're pronouncing things correctly and thus tend to slur our words, talk too low, too loud, too fast, etc.