Start the take off roll with the stick well forward to get the tail up early, as it comes up and the aircraft speeds up ease off to avoid going nose down. When you reach the stall speed for your weight and flap setting add 5 kts, then get off the ground cleanly into a positive climb. You don't want to be mushing along, barely flying, maybe bouncing a bit, which is what happens if you heave it off before it can fly nicely.
Caution; that worked for me with the Austers I learned on, and later a Prentice, others may be different.
Become au fait with precession (see peco above) and how to handle crosswinds.
If you want to fly it on to a wheelie, use a trickle of power. For a 3-point landing (for proper pilots) plan your approach so that you can chop the power at 500 ft and glide from there to your aiming point. Trying to use power, ie dragging it in on the prop, for a 3-point landing is a recipe for disaster. Especially if the engine quits at the wrong moment. Indeed, use every landing as a forced landing practice.
When you want to show off, execute your approach in a series of sideslips, or curving in on a sideslip, so that you can keep an eye on where you're going. Either way the sideslip should terminate low enough to straighten out and touchdown as soon as the aircraft is straight. OK, that's for later after a bit of practice!
Last edited by old,not bold; 15th Nov 2020 at 15:48.