ORIGINAL: stockdaddy
I fly all out knocking the sticks pretty hard. I'll take a trainer plane and fly inverted, do rolls and outside loops. Only thing I don't do is low passes or touch and gos.
An instructor might teach you that banging the sticks isn't necessarily a good thing and touch and goes are probably the best thing to practice because landing is really is the only maneuver that counts. Flying is one thing, flying well usually requires some instruction. Most people don't know the differance untill after they learn to fly well.