Its a shame how hard it is to give a straight answer on any thread, open to the wild side or not.
FWIW my objective when I started punting was simply to get back to the standard I was at when I got married, about 17 years before. No need to improve anything.
But a good lesson is not to worry too much about whether the partner enjoyed it. Guys that learnt that punting probably neded to have learnt it earlier in life.