Sage advice, alan0899. Get as much stick time in as you possibly can. When you go flying, always have an item or two that you specifically want to practice on improving.

For me it's been wing-overs (sometimes called stall turns) lately. I was practicing my loops last fall and I knew I was doing something right when I got compliments from a couple of the clubs' long-time pattern flyers. My wing-over turns are simply awful at the moment, but I'm getting a little better at them.