My son needs practice too. We have also been talking about throttle control, riding the brake, approach angles, etc. This thing will blow off the tires with too much throttle and lock them up with too much brake. It will take practice to master this thing. You can see in the video he's pretty much on and off the throttle on this first test run. I was debating programming the controller to reduce wheel spin but decided against it. I want to give him full control and learn how to control it. He's always gotten a good grip on his other cars which are similar so I'm confident it will happen with practice. Pretty cool to watch the process too, kids pick things up very quickly.