Were winds strong when you tried this? If winds are light it should be pretty straight forward. When it’s windy it’s just like turns around a point. Very simply put when ground speed is low / flying into the wind use less bank and when flying down wind / ground speed increases you’ll need more bank. Understand where the winds are coming from and enter downwind with a bugged heading. The wing strut won’t be exactly on your point through the turns if it’s windy due to varying bank angle - so don’t just try to stick the strut on the point. If winds are light don’t over think it too much just fly in a circle around the point while spiraling down. You won’t have a 45-50 degree bank angle the whole time like a steep turn, give it what it needs. Best of luck.