Sport Pilot Instructor instruction & checkride questions

On Oct 3, 7:29 am, "john hawkins" wrote:
Thanks Guys.
I think you have identified the problem, Yes I am teaching myself.

I will spend a LOT more time on learning how to be an instructor by reading
the FAA Holy scrolls, Kershner, Robert Buck, and reviewing my own experence
with being instructed

Those are good things to read but you really should get an actual
instructor checkride study kit (Jeppeson, ASA, Gleim, etc). There are
specific areas of knowledge you will be expected to have beyond just
good stuff you get from guys like Buck. In addition, your flying
should be with a CFI who knows how to train CFI's. You will not be
heavily graded on your ability to fly the manuevers. The bulk of the
evaluation on the checkride will be your ability to describe what you
are flying and to detect flaws in how the DE is performing maneuvers
(intentionally of course).
As an example, on my checkride the DE performed S turns and was
returning to the reference road before wings level, I was required to
describe what he did wrong (how he incorrectly set up the maneuver).

-Robert, CFII