The biggest mistake a lot of people make when trying to train their parrots is that they try to train their parrot to do tricks on or inside their cage. Do NOT train your parrot on or in its cage! It is a definite no-no!

A parrot's cage is a parrot's territory, and if your parrot doesn't happen to be the nicest bird in the world, he is going to want to defend his territory instead of trying to learn what you are trying to teach him.

You will have him so preoccupied with invading his space that not only will his attention span be very short, he could get more aggressive.

If your bird is nice enough to step up onto your hand, then I recommend using a "T" perch that is located in another room for training. Make sure that the room you put the perch in is free from distractions from other birds, animals, or activity going on outside.

Setting up a perch in another room is going to help your training immensely, probably double your results, and pace, that your bird will learn.

If you have trouble getting your bird off of his cage, I think you should use a wooden dowel. This won't work every time, but many birds that won't step up onto hands, will easily step up onto a wooden dowel.

If you really require help on parrot training, I suggest you visit this site to learn more.

http://www.birdtricks.com/training_parrots.htm