G'day Del,

I totally agree, as an instructor, it all comes down to practice, the more you get the better, & if you can get almost continuous practice, with a rest in between, (overnight), all the better.
When my girlfriend was first learning, she was not working & I was on holidays, we went flying, on average, 4 times a week, for 5 weeks, & she was doing consecutive touch & goes, by the end of my holidays, & she could not land at all, when we started.
So have a plan, of what you need to practice, it might be landing, or taking off, or loops or rolls, whatever, practice, practice, practice, it will make a huge difference.