What did they point it at once the pot moved?

Mine's really just a coloring page with extra steps.

That "bump the swing brake early" line is the whole game right there. I ran a 70 foot radius on a rooftop HVAC job and was getting whipped around like a tetherball until an old hand told me the same thing. You gotta kiss the brake just before the load peaks, not after, because once that bounce starts you're just chasing it. I also started shortening my tagline a touch on those long picks so the load has less room to swing back at me. Between that and keeping my swing speed steady instead of jerky, my placements got way smoother. Still do it every time I'm stretched out past 50 feet.