No my first landing went okay but again my instructor helped me a lot. I was not using a buddy box or a trainer cord or anything like that. I had the radio and was listening to his guidance. Before I tried my first landing I had flown the plane many times with my instructors assistance. I made many low speed passes to just relax and let the plane come down to the ground by it self and too learn how the plane flies.

Have I crashed planes on landing? Sure have and most of them have been not being familure with a plane and trying to force it to land.

I have taught a couple of people how to fly and when I teach them to land I teach them the same thing that was taught to me. Just relax and let the plane come down and let it land. The biggest mistake I see is when someone does not allow their plane to land and the force it to land. Some planes land faster than others, some need to be flared to land properly All need a pilot who is failure with the plane and confident in their skills. With those two skills and the lack of dumb thumbs almost all can land a plane and not hurt it.

Is landing hard? Yes for a beginner, not so much for an experienced pilot. The beginner is nevous and does not know his plane that well to understand what he/she is seeing. All they see is a plane coming at them and it "needs" to land. Unless it is close to running out of fuel or a dead stick it does not need to land right now. Get back in the throttle and try it again.