I am pretty new myself. Less then a year. I have found the biggest help for me is if I trim the plane out a little nose heavy(down elevator) that when I back out of the throttle all the way to idle on my approaches I get a real smooth glide slope. Even if it is a bit windy. And if it is, all I do is trim up the engine idle so it is a bit higher when coming in. Any problems all I have to do is add a little power and my landings tend to be pretty good if I do say so myself. The plane is doing all the work and I am just along for the ride. I just concentrate on wings level.