It's really interesting to watch flyers that use different modes. I fly throttle and rudder on the left, and elevator ailerons on the right
stick. When doing very small and tight rolling circles there is a definite fluid motion as mentioned above.

But, the first time I looked closely at Sebastiano Silvestri fly his tight and fast rolling circles at Joe Nall, it was almost amusing to watch.
I think his rudder and elavtor are on the right stick. Flyers using that mode just kind of roll the right stick around at it's limits and the plane does the rest.

There is a flyer on The Flying Circus with some video showing something similar.
Here is the link -> [link=http://www.flyingcirkus.com/forum/tm.asp?m=23208&mpage=1&key=insane&#23617]docinsane[/link]

You might have to log in first, I'm not sure. He mentions in the post that he flies mode 1.

Bottom line is to give the plane what it wants to accomplish the maneuver. I always use hi rates for tight rollers.

To each his own_bob