On Jul 22, 11:57 am, sisu1a wrote:

Well, it makes instruction with him about as much fun as it sounds

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My concern comes from building this
technique by rote as a reflex in students because it translates poorly
to most other gliders, and seems like it could potentially lead to
disaster down the road, from my limited perspective. Honest, this
stuff actually gets written on a board and drilled into students
heads, I'm not making this up.

Got a real peach there :-).

Obviously, I think your concern is valid. Primacy is real.