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I do know the Germans used head on attacks with their piston fighters but found it not effective as other aspect gun runs.
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Exactly, the head on attack was the standard method the Luftwaffe used to normal fighter attacks. It was the most effective and most survivable.
The Sturmstaffel's used a rear attack and Me-262 pilots went back to using a rear attack method due to their high speeds. The closure rate was just too fast in an Me-262 for the normal frontal attack.
Since the jets were so fast, the closure rate from the rear was high enough to keep them safe while being lower than the normal frontal attacks using a conventional fighter.
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My best guess is they would not slow down as that negated an advantage in making turret firing solutions hard vs bombers.
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Slowing down would be a guaranteed death. It would be stupid flying a jet and they did not do that.