On Jul 23, 10:56*am, Z Goudie wrote:
I used to briefly get absolute beginners to turn using aileron with their
feet off the pedals while I surruptitiously did the ruddery bits and then,
once they'd grasped the fact that banking was the reason the glider
turned, get them to use both together.

There was nothing secret about the back seat chap working the rudders
while I did the stick on my first flight.


Teaching rudder first to ab initios is tantamount to a criminal offence in
my opinion.