Making flying look easy

Many times you might have been told to not be uptight and you will fly fine. Of course that is true but there are two parts to flying: mental and physical. Not being uptight is mental, but what is the physical part? There are many physical parts actually, but I find that being on top of the game and being preventative means you won't get in trouble (most of the time). What I think is important is keeping your feet ready at the rudder pedals. Whenever you notice you rotated just a little, such as a degree, your rudders will get you back. By making those small corrections early you won't have to use ailerons later (assuming the rudder correction works) and by not doing that there is a lesser risk of overcorrecting which would cause the flight to look bad and take longer to recover from.