It's normal to stir the pot a bit when starting out. As you tense up the tendency is to start looking downwards and to grip too firmly on the controls.
Keep reminding yourself to look at that distance spot and to relax your hands. Like golfers say, pretend you're holding a budgie, too tight and it's head will explode
It will click, your mind just needs to adjust to the workload.
A good home exercise is trying to shave while wiping your ass
(let's see if he falls for that one)