gain some impression of where the edges of your ability lie
When you have correctly established what control to move in what direction, and reach the point where you have correctly applied that control and reached its full travel, it is likely that your ability is now exceeding that of the aircraft.
A few times, I've wished for more control, but reasoned that the manufacturer's did not intend that I have it, so I must be trying to do something with the plane which it cannot/should not. On two different occasions, while landing modified Grand Caravans in crosswinds exceeding 25 knots, during testing, I had full pedal applied and held to keep it on the runway. My foot would have gone more, but I'd reached the limit of the plane!