if you are flying in a strong head wind you might want to point the nose of the airplane into the wind a couple of degrees. (under pull ) this will help the plane fight the wind from pushing the plane back. and what I do when i am about to stall the plane and perform the stall turn is I pull to vertical completely and perform the stall. then on the way down I will tuck the nose against the wind to keep it from cramping me at the center of the box

I hope this made sense to you and hope it helps. lol