Not shure exactly what kind of training tips you want,
because excluding the alpa roll, the suggestions you made are good ones. I suggest you give him a command to do first
before you do things for him.

If he is not neutured,
that would be the first thing I would do.
As for training an alpha dog, unfortunately
that is an on-going process.
Remember that dogs are pack animals and look
for you for guidance if you are their alpha.
If you are lax about it, than you are sending mix signals.
If you possibly could give us an example, maybe we could come up with some good suggestions for you.