As I recall the first action in an academic spin recovery is to check altitude followed by power followed by turn needle and then rudder. But then my mind does play tricks on me.
But I do recall that good instruction starts with a well flown demonstration of the correct technique: anything other causes confusion since the student will have had a mass brief on the correct way of doing things and will not be expecting something that differs from his pre flight study and briefing. Perhaps that could have been a contributory reason this student had not been checking his turn needle. Not that I agree that there are no bad students, just bad instructor: in my experience both exist.
Last edited by beardy; 27th Oct 2015 at 15:35.