In childhood, when I was taught to steer a training plane in the return flight, I also learned to hold my hand as it is more convenient for me. Only the palm of my hand was not to the top, but to the bottom. And only two years ago, my older and more experienced friends made me relearn how correctly. They explained to me that the hand in reverse flight (wheels up) must be kept exactly the same as in direct flight (wheels below) - always upright!
I began to notice that with the horizontal position of the hand during the return flight, especially in strong wind, when the plane flies during one lap with a large difference in speed (it is slower against the wind, and faster in the wind) - then my angular rotation speed in the center of the circle out of habit almost constant. This leads to the fact that in front of the wind the plane always strongly raised up (my hand was ahead of the plane), and downwind the plane strongly pressed to the ground because my hand was behind the plane. To eliminate the influence of the position of the hand relative to the aircraft, I had to retrain and hold my hand vertically. For me, keeping your hand at a constant height from the horizon turned out to be much easier than holding your hand strictly opposite the plane.
For such an experienced pilot as Orestes it is much easier to fly as it is seen in the video, it is more convenient for him.
Thanks for the video from Orestes and from Dave.
Regards
Ruslan