Hi.
I really think you should learn nose-in hovering. I am a begginer too and right now I am now training the forward flight and fast forward flight a bit high but I have been training for 4 months tail in hovering, nose-in hovering, eights and all that only a few feet from the ground, but it gave me a lot of training and I feel now very confortable flying the heli and watching it from all angles knowing what to do.

Good luck:
Daniel Maia