So I put the new cloth on my table and I'm not sure if I like it.
Howdy! I like your avatar. I have an 8x10 framed photo of the same gent on my wall in the pool room (OK it's my basement).
I assume you are posting these daily runs because you want feedback? I hope so because I'm going to give you my 2 cents based on your 42 ball run on 860 Simonis. Agree or disagree, but I think I have a point here and there. I'd like to know what you think.
OK, here goes. First, you are an amazing shot maker. It is easy to forget you are playing on a 10' table! Second, it was the right move to go with 860 Simonis. You did that so that you will have comparable playing conditions when you try for a high run at Derby or wherever, right? I don't think you have to go as far as playing on a tournament table to check the speed. Just play any one of the 1000's of videos of pro tournaments. I think you'll see ball action much closer to your new cloth than the old one.
I think the 760 cloth is an impediment to your development into higher levels of play. The clusters just open up too easily. It makes a huge difference if a cluster ball moves out 1 full inch on 760 and maybe only 1/2 inch on 860. This leads me into my first observation. I think you are going into clusters a little too haphazardly. It doesn't appear you know what your next shot will be when you are going into a cluster. You CANNOT continue to break clusters and hope you get a next shot. You won't run many 100's doing that.
Take an example in the 42 ball video: You shot the 8 ball (hard to tell the color) and ran into the cluster. This was the absolutely wrong shot!! I can think of two better ways to open up the cluster and still be assured of a next shot. First, how about using the 1 ball to open up the cluster at 37 seconds into the video? The 4 ball, which you shot, was a perfect key ball for the 12 as a break ball. Here's my thinking on the 1 instead: You had natural or near natural angle to shoot the 1 and go into the bottom ball of the three. You would have hit this shot medium/soft so that the cue ball doesn't run more than 2 or 3 feet past the cluster in the event you missed it. You had several shots available to you (safety balls) after separating those 3 (ie, low risk shot).
Option 2: At 1:05 minutes you hit a stop shot on the 15. Why didn't you hit a little harder or with a touch of follow to send the cue ball into the bottom of those 3 balls? If you look at the path of the cue ball in the shot you took, you can see the cue ball going right towards that bottom ball. You had the 5 and the 9 and the 11 as safety balls after going into that bottom ball. You cleared away some of those safety balls before taking your cluster opening shot. At this point you are leaving your destiny up to the pool Gods, who do not often smile kindly. This would have ended the average person's run, but you made an amazing combination off the rail on a 10' table to save yourself. Great shot, but you shouldn't have had to take it!!
I shouldn't presume too much, but I wonder if playing on 760 robbed you of the necessity to play more thoughtfully when it comes to breaking/separating clusters.
Anyway, I hope you see this as helpful. Going into clusters the wrong way is going to make it much more difficult to reach your goal (daily 100+ runs).
OK, I have one pet peeve, which you can ignore but I'll say it anyway... If you are "training" for a high run competition then your opening break is fine. That's the way they do it. However, in general I think using this break in the normal course of events is a little bit of a cop out. I say if you are a 100 ball runner, then your opening break should be a realistic break you will encounter along the way. This particular break is not easy to come upon in a real run of balls, and is designed to give an extra advantage due to the typically large spread of balls it generates. It's a little like smashing the pack open like and 8 ball break and then starting your 100 ball run. Like I said, it is a pet peeve and if you can run 100 with the break you are using now, then I'm sure you can do it with any other opening break, too.
Great shooting overall. Congrats in advance on your 100!