SunTracker, the maneuver you describe - cross controlled aileron and rudder - is a slip, not a skid.

A skid is when you have too much rudder, or not enough aileron, in the direction of the turn. That will degenerate into a stall/spin to the inside of the turn (i.e the the low wing will drop) if one is not careful.

A slip is safer. If you stall while slipping the plane you have a bit more time to react because the high wing (outside wing, in a turn) drops.

If you need to drop into a small landing area, you can add a slipping turn to your repertoire. Just enter a normal turn, then feed in your opposite rudder and yet more aileron to maintain the turn. When you get lined up on final, just reduce aileron input to establish a normal forward slip. That assumes the wind direction is such that the low wing is to windward after the turn onto final. If not, then flip the inputs to slip with the other wing dropped.

Also, don't forget, you can fly slower to begin with by just feeding in some up elevator trim.

Have fun