Well as a newbie to flying helicopters (I was the one who posted ealier about how much easier I found hovering after transitioning from forward flight) I would feel very sorry for any student who is forced to learn hovering in long and protracted sessions.
My instructor is excellent and uses the building block approach and my initial hovering attempts were limited to 10 minute sessions.
In my day job I teach, and it is reasuring to see that my instructor is using learing techniques that I am very familiar with (although I have to humor him sometimes when I recognise when he is just trying to boost my confidence with the "boost student confidence" technique!
)
FWIW I really appreciated Delta3's comments about the "stable positions". If there is any advice a humble student like me
can give to an instructor, it is this - teach the stable position! - it worked for me and made my life a lot easier
Solouk