I didn't think this was different enough to warrant its own thread, but I was working on increasing my picking speed up too. I was having trouble getting as fast as I wanted (I'd play along with Master of Puppets and only managed 75% total speed) and then, last weekend, I had the good fortune to break my right collarbone (on st. Paddy's day, no less). So today I finally picked up my guitar and managed a very painful 20 minutes of playing. Even after six days of not playing, I was noticeably slower. Does anyone have any suggestions for playing faster? I want to be able to play those eighth-note jackhammer runs a la James Hetfield, but have had no luck thus far.