Wings,
The way I started my trainer got me to a good altitude and handed it over to me, I did lazy circles, then figure 8's nice and easy for about 3-4 minutes then my knees were so rubbery I handed it back. We did this until I could almost make a full flight of 8's then I started coming lower and lower. At that point I had a fair understanding and feel of the sticks. The hardest part for me was letting the nose down on the approach leg to the landing, it still is a little shakey for me. My landings still float way past where I want to touch down, but I'm getting better. Counteracting the torque on take-off wasn't too bad, but I throttle up moderately not balls to the wall in one fell swoop. Let the air speed get up real good before you give a touch of elevator and takeoff is smooth and strong.