UStik, i agree with you on the stall turns and tail slides and flat spins but i still like to practice hovering for that all sides of a plane reaction speed. i have no interest in actually hovering at the field but it is fun on the sim. it is a challenge to me to try to hover with different sides of the plane facing you. i think a decent comparison is a knife edge pass. you can knife edge either direction down the runway and with the canopy towards you or away. all of which you need to know all sides of your plane. but that's just me.

david