I agree, some people learn differently than others. I can only speak from my own perspective and experience, which tells me that it can on occasion be awfully difficult to translate theory into practice!
Please take a look at one of the website articles I cited [
www.avweb.com/articles/lounge/tpl0002.html], where Rick Durden makes the same point that I tried to make in my original post. To quote the author: "There are books dedicated to flying tailwheel airplanes. Most are good. But, due to their length and complexity, they seem to add to the deification of the tailwheel airplane pilot and the demonization of the airplane."
Durden offers some basic tips that are stripped to the essentials and I think would be helpful to the novice. To his list, I would add three of my own that are correct for most (not all) situations: (1) keep the stick all the way back; (2) when in doubt, add power; (3) keep busy on the rudders.