I believe there is.
I'm sure there are many things about the game I don't know. To date whenever I spend time with a great player I pick something up. Sometimes it is a rare 'one off' situation like a one pocket move or a better way to kick. Dr. Dave's 2 kick video clarified a few adjustments I wasn't making correctly on that system and I am feeling more confident than ever. Other times there are serious boosts. I trained with Neight Mindham last weekend and while he came to train with me he showed me some things that immediately helped both my elevated shots as well as my power shots. This was black and white. I was able to consistently draw the ball two diamonds further than before, and I was able to get much further off the rail on shots down the rail with a flat angle. Jesse Engle and I talk often and I have picked up a lot of little things from him as well.
Meanwhile I have some understandings of pattern play that most players don't see. The more I teach the more I see it clearly and the better I get at explaining it. The general idea is that while there are many ways to move the cue ball from point A to point B, some are far easier to execute and far more consistent in terms of cue ball direction and speed. Those are my core shots. I've found a group of core shots that accommodate 95%+ of my needs in terms of cue ball transitions provided that I set my self up for them.
It's like when a beginner plays they shoot balls but don't play shape so have many hard shots. They'll never be consistent. But then they learn to play shape and the shots are easier to make. Well, I have a group of core shots that I lean on, and I play shape so that I ONLY use those shots to get through the rack. Now, this is super tough to do because it requires great cue ball positioning, but the great news is that because I always have easy shots with core shot transitions, I am usually confident about making my ball and I am using a shot that is really easy to control, so I am actually able to do this.
I've talked about this when I watch Ralf play. You hardly notice it because it just looks so natural and they aren't tricky shots. But I am super dialed in on this stuff right now. When you watch a player you can learn a lot about how they read the table. Their choices of whether to accept a difficult shot or risk moving the cue ball, whether they risk shooting hard to force the cue ball off the rail from a flat angle or whether they shoot the next shot half elevated, whether they risk getting hooked to get closer with a better angle or whether they lean on a stroke shot. Every decision tells you a ton about how that player weighs percentages. When I watch Ralf play I see what he is doing and what he is choosing not to do and what looks boring to so many players is mesmerizing to me. JL Chang as well.
So yes, learning which positional shots are the most consistent, learning the subtleties of those shots, and learning how to connect them to navigate through racks with minimum necessary force (keeping them as easy as possible) is my passion. I'm not the best in the world at it but I understand it. And when I watch anyone non-elite play they look silly. Just like a beginner that shoots the one ball then looks around to see where the two ball is looks silly to everyone here, I see people accepting and trying things so difficult in their run outs I ache in compassion for their struggles. But they've seen the videos and know the shots and on their best days they run tables so they think they know how to play. To them it's because they have a job, or lack talent, or they have poor fundamentals that they can't play more consistently. But they need to not just play shape for their next shot, but to play shape for their shape.
That rant over, I'll say I do wonder how much more I'm missing. I enjoy where I'm at and what I'm able to do at the table, but it's such a rich game I just love it when the pieces come together more and more clearly.