I pulled the yoke back to go higher and forward to go lower, increased power to increase speed and visa versa. That has worked for me, instructor said my app was perfect, then I tried the opposite and everything was fine except my mind got clogged up thinking about opposites/doing things in the reverse order.
Again I echo what I said before and when you find yourself high and fast on short final, the above technique is only going to cause you more problems!