I am a new pilot also (well sort of, I have flown about 20 flights) and your sticks are the way they should be. I always use rudder, throtttle on the left stick and ail, elev on the right. When I fly, I basically use the rudder for ground control and the ail and elev for flight, but I am also beginning to use the rudder and ail for turns in flight (elev also) which seems to give it a little more control without as much roll on turns. If you get into pattern or 3d flight, you will use the rudder a lot. It also helps on landing with crosswinds to keep the plane more stable at low speeds while still being able to turn and with a lot less wingtip stall.

Dave