Technique - Power-off stall

Setup

1. Execute clearing turns to clear airspace adjacent, below, and above. 
2. Pick point on the horizon, and fly into the wind. 

Maneuver

3. Reduce power to a moderate setting, say 1,400 rpm, while maintaining altitude.
4. Once in flap-operating range, deploy full flaps (all at once is fine).
5. Reduce power to idle and start a descent. Some people learn to hold altitude during the entire maneuver, but this adds to the stress and doesn’t fully simulate the landing configuration.
6. At a predetermined altitude pull back on the yoke or stick to get the nose level with the horizon. Pause here briefly, which will arrest the descent, and then continue a continuous movement of back-pressure to keep the airplane from descending. Don’t stop until you’ve pulled all the way back or the until the airplane stalls. This should happen when the nose is between 5 and 10 degrees above the horizon.
7. Make sure to take the airplane to the full stall. You’ll know this happens when the nose pitches down by itself.

Recovery

8. Recover by first reducing back-pressure, remembering that a stall happens when the wing exceeds the critical angle of attack; the only way to stop a stall is to lower that angle with reduced back-pressure.
9. Almost simultaneously add full power. This is when rudder pressure is important. All that power will increase left-turning tendencies, so be ready with some right rudder pressure.
10. As the power comes full, increase back-pressure again. If you don’t include this step, the airplane will continue descending, but now with a bunch of power in.
11. Once you are satisfied that you aren’t losing altitude, retract the first notch of flaps.
12. If equipped with three flap settings, or an unlimited range, retract the next increment once a positive rate of climb has been established.
13. Finally, retract the last bit of flaps and settle in cruising flight after accelerating to V_y.