RE: The New Guy!
I think Timcat pretty much covered it. One thing I would do is practice ground handling as well. If you have someplace where you can just fire the bird up and play with it on the ground to get used to the left hand rudder and throttle, it can help you out as well. I know many pilots never learn to use the rudder unless they fly aerobatics and just point the plane down the runway to take off. Being able to control a plane on the ground can be as important as learning how to land when the unexpected happens