Brushing a Cat

My family's cat that we had when I was in HS liked being brushed once she figured out what the brush was for. She had a med-short coat but her fur type was such that she never stopped growing hair in the summer, she just shed like CRAZY instead. She got hair balls pretty bad in the summer because of that, and brushing really helped cut that down. I think she enjoyed not only how the brushing felt, but also the fact that when I was getting 3 hair brush fulls of fur out of her, it really helped her cool down a bit. It was just unreal how much fur that cat could shed over and over and over.