RE: side in tips
Put the training gear back on and start over learning to hover nose in - facing the copter, not looking over your shoulder, etc.,
Once you have nose in down, the side in stuff will come easily for you - by using training gear, slowly rotating in a low hover from tail in to nose in, you will transition through side in and it will come to you quickly. I would start with nose in as it is easier to remember that the cyclic is working in reverse to tail in flight, where as side in there is no easy rule of thumb.
Turning with the copter would be o.k, if you only do it a couple of times, but once it is a habit, everyone watching you fly will be watching the "dance" you are doing instead of your flying skills.
Dennis