Let me see if I understood you correct, do you recommend to practice 2000 shots with center, then 2000 with draw, etc?
That might be too masochistic even for SVB. Lol
I plan to give this a serious effort. I will do the initial 3000 strokes using just pure center ball. This will teach my arm without a doubt what it feels like to hit the ball full. I'll use just the stripes and take the time to align each ball so that the stripe rolls vertically only when no side has been accidentally applied. This will tell me as much as stroking the CB up to the foot rail and waiting to see if it comes back to the tip.
Highly important to me is that I would do each stroke as identically as possible, with a proper stance and alignment. The follow through should allow the tip to drop to the cloth naturally, without forcing it. The grip and wrist must be relaxed in order for this to happen naturally. Make sure the address to the ball is smooth, pause at address, take a smooth, measured backstroke and pay careful attention to the transition to the forward stroke. I'd bet more shots are missed by jerking the beginning of the forward stroke than any other thing. Allow the forward stroke to start slowly and smoothly accelerate the cue straight through the ball. The best way to not quit on your stroke midway is to not rush it at the very beginning.
And I will stay down on every shot until the ball drops in the hole.
The reason for all this fuss over making each of my strokes as perfect and identical as possible is simple. There is an inherent danger in doing an exercise like this in a careless manner. It's entirely possible to groove a poor stroke, which might give you fits getting rid of. That's why it is probably best to do this over a week or more, and stop for the day if you get too bored or tired. Boredom and fatigue lead to inconsistency and sloppiness. You don't want to ingrain sloppiness into your stroke.
After your stroke is straight and grooved and your stroke flaws are (hopefully) fixed, do short runs of several racks as a warm up to your standard practice drills. At this point you can play with spin. Use the striped balls, but set them up so the stripe runs horizontally do you can see just where the ball stops spinning backwards and transitions into a sliding ball, etc. Whatever you want to incorporate, it's up to you at that point.
At this point the main objective has been accomplished, so you can choose to continue to use it as a warmup or drop it. There are many drills that will teach you tons, you have to fit them into your HAMB as well.
Anyway, this is only how I plan to do it, based on how I know people learn through repetitive action. I'd start today myself, but I have such a raging carpal tunnel flare up from all the snow shoveling and snowblowing I've been doing this season that I can hardly form a decent bridge without wincing in pain. I turn 62 this Sunday, and I'm starting to find out this body just can't do what it used to do anymore.
