Borrowing a little wing can teach a paraglider pilot a lot. They can also be used in much stronger winds for kiting, because they do not yank a pilot around as much. A wing that is designed to tip over side to side and recover back to center quickly can help tune a pilot into a few subtleties. Any asymmetry in the hips while ground handling will manifest itself in the wing quickly wanting to dive to one side or the other. Kiting a mini-wing in some higher wind can also provide great lessons in patience and anticipation. Despite everything moving so much quicker, it is almost always better to just let the wing come back to center with minimal input than to try and correct and end up over-correcting. Kiting a mini-wing is also very useful before flying one.

A much more advanced XC wing can also be used to learn some new tricks. Compared to an A or B, they require much more pilot effort to keep inflated. They tend to be more eager to overshoot as well as leave their tips stuck in when deflated. Knowing how to fly the good side while pumping brake or pulling stabilo to re-inflate an advanced wing on the ground will translate to confidence in the air on a more friendly wing.