Mad Girl - all good stuff. Keep at it.
Get the instructor to also familiarise you with stalls in a turn at different bank angles (30, 45, 60) and the AI and g implications (high speed stalling).
The application of this is not aerobatic per se but lack of understanding of it is a killer - eg forcing a too tight turn from base to final - good cross training.
"Falling leaf" manouvre is also VG rudder recovery practice in fully developed deep stall (you keep the stick fully back and the a/c in the stall during the entire manouvre.
Also some good reading in the following articles - all these are EAA publications. You can get them via the EAA website or contact EAA - nice people.
Sport Aerobatics 1994 - Aerobatics with Beggs (out spinning with Gene Beggs)
Sport Aviation nov 1985 - Spinning with the experts - Harold Holmes
Sport Aerobatics Feb 1985 - Spin Recovery Eric Muller
Sport Aviation Jan 1985 - More on Spins - Harold Holmes
Hope this is of interest. Good luck