It's good practice to get a nice open space with a smooth wind (10 or 15 mph) and just "lean" your TR into the wind, and make it a roller. I spent several weeks last fall practiceing it, cause we had SO much wind, and I just had no choice if I wanted to fly often.

I think it's really good practice to get a small bird (40 size) to do a roller into the wind, as it turns slowly suspended at a 30 to 45% angle. The biggest problem I have with this is negotiating turbulence, as the plane will lunge up or down if I don't react quickly enough with the throttle or other surface control to balance the change.

Someday I will take the plunge and get a bigger bird, and that will help a lot with smoothness, but for practice, I think the smaller ones are best. Trying to handle wiind will when flying precision moves makes you a much better pilot all around.