Feels good, doesn't it!!!
Sounds like a typical first landing to me. We've all done that, usually breaking a prop at the same time. Buy a bunch of spares, you'll no doubt go through several before you get it down softly.
Suggestion would be to come in long and work the throttle, leave the elevator alone until the last moment. Use the rudder to line it up right and then let it glide down at it's own rate of descent. After you fly it a while, you'll figure out what that is.
Make your approaches as a box. Downwind as you lower the altitude, straight across in front of you. Make the base leg turn, nice and clean, maintaining altitude, which is a short leg, then make another turn to final, straighten it out, point it directly toward you. From way far out, it will look like it's headed toward you, but it will more likely be lining up on the centerline. Work the throttle, keeping in mind that if you wish to lengthen the approach, add a click or two of throttle... LEAVE THE ELEVATOR ALONE. To shorten the approach, lessen the throttle a click or two. It will settle in nicely and drop altitude.
Eventually, you will get the cadence right and, by properly adjusting the throttle, you will find that, sooner or later, you will have the right settings for your approach, and at some point, you will be at idle, and it will be right in front of you. Just tap the elevator a bit and the nose will rise slightly and it will settle in nice and soft.
It takes a lot of practice, but that's what it takes.. practice.
Do a lot of practice approaches without landing... just approach properly, and when you are lined up and dropping altitude nicely, push the throttle to full and go around. Keep doing this several times per flight. Eventually, do touch-and-go landings.
That's exactly what I do, even now, I do as many as a half dozen touch and go's, usually on the first flight of the day, to get the feel of the wind and that day's environmental conditions, and to practice landings. I get a lot of complements on my landings, mainly because I practice them.
It's like algebra... you gotta do it over and over and over again..
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CGr