To turn the plane 180 degrees, wouldn't it be easier to use the compass than try to find a reference point on the ground?
Once you get into 45° and 60° banks the forces are disorienting and it's far easier to look out the window at the ground and the real horizon.
Training or not, it's far easier to look out the window to make turns. You can see if the horizon is starting to move. If you sit there and watch the compass you can easily enter a stall or a dive without realizing it. Especially since your turns are not going to be coordinated (you won't be using the rudder effectively so the forces on your head will not be what you're used to).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_compass_turns
However if you do, then you have a backup instrument that never fails.