From the Progression, some that all new beginner kitesurfers should read to get them riding upwind:
"How do you move from your first runs, riding along with the kite being in control of you rather than the other way round? The board bouncing around underneath you like a bucking broncho!
I’ve been in Brazil for the last couple of weeks staying at the Windtown hotel & kite school and having been back surround by newbies, leaving to master these frustrating first steps, it got me thinking once again about the one thing that will make the most difference to getting a wobbly kiter in control of her kite and board. I made a couple of suggestions to some of these new kiters and one answer in particular proved to be a turning point for all of them…