On Sat, 17 May 2008 13:55:22 -0400, Dudley Henriques
wrote:

Another good way of preventing excessive grip on the stick or yoke is to
start the student from day one handling the airplane with their
fingertips ONLY. Worked well for me for every student I taught to fly.


My instructor did the same.

One or two fingers and a thumb, trim to make it possible.

Trim, trim, and trim some more...