I'm more of less with J Phelps, I suggest you do your primary learning in a taildragger if you possibly can. Then transition into a craft that requires you to be smooth. It may be that you will never need the additional skills you learn, but you will HAVE them should an emergency come up where they are required.
As for spins, I also know, from experience, than an inadvertent spin entry can leave you feeling totally confused, wondering what happened. Does not feel like the deliberate spin entries I practiced in a Champ. I was lucky, I got additional spin training when I started flying sailplanes. And THAT is the spin training I endorse. The sailplanes that are used for instruction are designed and built for maneuvers of all sorts, and the long wings exaggerate the reactions, so you learn better and faster to catch the early signs of uncoordination. Yaw strings are great too... Candy
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