DB Chopper -- nice to hear from a satisfied customer... good on yer.
I've always thought that people underestimate the importance of footwork. The pedals are the most important controls in learning to hover, IMHO.
People tie a granny knot in the cyclic trying to keep still, but if they get the feet right, everything will quickly come together.
It's hard for a student to separate drift from yaw in the early stages of hovering, so he or she will correct with cyclic when the machine is beginning to rotate about the mast. And the merry dance begins.
Concentrate on keeping straight on your aiming point, well ahead of the aircraft, and you'll be surprised how quickly you can batter the rest into submission.