RE: Landing for the beginner
I am going to add/emphasize a couple of points
1 swop to a 13 x4 and make sure your idle is reasonably low.
2 don't practice landings practice approaches! Get used to flying a downwind leg, a cross wind leg and an into wind right on line with the strip and descending so you will hit the first 1/3 of the strip. Don't land open up and go round again. Do this until you get it right most times.
I see to many crashes/bad landings made off bad approaches, get the approach right and the landing is easy, just keep the wings level and a tiny flare at the last few inches.