For what it's worth, I'm PPL and gliders, bit over 100hrs in each, aeros trained and certified for both.
Don't be in too much of a rush to do spinning - personally I got spun pretty early in my career - I performed a badly hamfisted, skidded base turn and got taken up immediately to have the consequences of such action demonstrated. Effective demonstration, but it was a tad overwhelming and did scare the bejesus out of me, consequently stalling my flight training for a while therafter. I had maybe 5hrs at the time (and was being a very fast learner up to that point).
DO however do spinning. All the awareness in the world is fantastic, as is the theory, but it can't beat having been there. I wouldn't necessarily wait until the PPL is complete, but would make sure you're a good way along the track, and really comfortable in the aircraft - to better be able to appreciate what's going on.
I personally REALLY doubt that anyone finding themselves in a spin with only the instructions and no practical experience will come up with a useful response before the ground intervenes. And yes, the spin off final turn will kill you, no matter how good your recoveries are. It's not just about the recovery, but about calibrating your mind to what happens, and what it takes to enter a real spin - I personally don't believe incipients cut it, they're a little too canned, and you're 'cognitiviely primed' to expect it. The sort of abuse required to unintentionally generate a spin would suggest sufficient distraction that I'd doubt the ability of the pilot to suddenly snap to, recognise and correct the incipient.
I'd also recommend sticking to a representative type - I can confirm from (limited) experience that spinning/recovery an extra (for example), is a rather different experience to a typical GA type like a Robin (my regular spin-buddy). Sure fly the hot ship, it's a bundle of fun, but I'd question the learning merit.
P.S. That's another spinable type for you if you can find one - Robin 2160.