Best advice to the new drift boat owner would be this.

While your busy learning don't be to shy about asking your buddys to try it out also. If you let 4 of them try it out two of them will grasp the idea pretty quick. Over the years you will learn the value of having more than a couple of freinds who are good on the sticks. Its nice to sit in the front of the boat and do stuff like lean over the side. Or even better, wait until the bottom of a tailout to ask the rower to hand you a beverage out of that cooler behind the rowing seat. Why you could even get to reel in a fish now and again.