Keygrip,
You can't plan ahead with helicopter controls, mate, you just have to sit there and let your hands and feet do the learning. Bear in mind that the aircraft does not want to fly - its fervent wish is to slam itself into the nearest bit of the Earth. You have to learn what to do in order to prevent that, and that usually involves a micro-miniscule control movement a microsecond before the aircraft starts the aforementioned movement.
Thinking does not come into it - there just isn't the time. Your hands and feet will learn what to do, and cut out the brain completely.
Happy new year.