Do you want to learn how to fly the RIGHT way? Well here’s a radical idea. Invest in an 80-year-old book!
I’m not Joking. In my humble opinion, the finest book ever written on the basics of learning to fly was written in 1944.
Title: Stick and Rudder
Author: Wolfgang Langewiesche

You can get a hard copy version from Amazon
No, I don’t get a commission for recommending this – it’s just simply the best of the best
Or borrow it online for free from Internet Archive