Well, I can tell what not to do. Don't be like me. I know what it takes to be a competitor and I never had the discipline to do it. The best pilots go out and practice one maneuver for flight after flight after flight. By that I don't mean a whole maneuver - I mean one part of a maneuver - like keeping the wings level through a loop or using the rudder in a roll. It's tedious and not a lot of fun, but that's the kind of discipline it takes if you want to compete.

I found it a lot easier to keep smashing my planes and building new ones than to go through all that.