ORIGINAL: downunder
The only thing to remember is DON'T CHANGE YOUR MIND...keep that down elevator until it's come back around to the top then level out.
Kool advice. And that not-changing-your-mind bit is too right. In for a penny. (How many times have I piled one up out of panic, when nature would have taken its course and kept the plane aloft).
When you progress to lazy eights don't think about how you hold the handle when you're giving that down control. Just feel comfortable and the handle position will take care of itself. More than likely you'll find you roll your hand over palm up when inverted which I find to be the safest anyway. Others will disagree but to me it's an automatic cue that the controls are reversed and it's not necessary to consciously think about what you're doing.
My sense, from your advice, is that it's a lot like learning to drive a car or ride a bike: a NO MIND kind of thing. It's the body that has to learn. Thanx, downunder, for your response. And I recognize your EMU. (I'm roger ingersoll, over at rcGroups).