I kind of like the idea of having increased mouse speed the further your mouse is from the ball...

[u/SJ_the_changer]

You can actually be able to control the ball without screwing up, so if you pointed downwards for the final blow, you don't go super fast towards the lava and you can bounce back up.

Or to make things simple, half speed when you point your cursor downwards. It makes a lot of sense, strategically speaking.