Yesterday I felt like practicing straight pool by myself, to see if I could break my high run of 33 I made about 4 years ago. After about 20 minutes with a high run of 2, (I was having trouble getting a shot after the break shot) I gave up and decided to practice spot shots. What I did was I put the cueball behind the headstring, the object ball on the spot, with the cueball lined up to it across the table, shooting for either corner pocket. On my first try I hit 11 in a row, then I hit 12, missed, and quit. My record for this is 18. Has anyone else tried doing this before? About 30 minutes after, I got into some action and was playing very well, I guess shooting spot shots is a great way to warm up and practice too.