let me reassure Steve that i am not after speed for speed's sake! much of my comment is just a reaction to my first 50+ run taking 36 minutes. that is surely slow by anyone's clock, and an artifact i think of the stage i was at and my interest in making my first big round number. i was happy about the speed of the 44 ball run because it was a result of Knowing where i was going with the cue ball for large chunks of it, so i didn't have to stop and think out every shot.
i'm much happier with the time for the more recent runs, which is more like 2 balls a minute than 1... and i think what's evolving is that i'm slowing down when i actually need to, and keeping a flow when it's pretty clear to me what to do (not that i always have that right). that combination is Beginning to give me the perspective to be able to see the overall table strategy: which areas need to just be cleared out, and which balls should stick around for the end pattern. if i get bogged down Or go too fast, i lose that, so i think there's a middle ground which is a good place to be.
and this is turning into an interesting discussion of pace!
