During my training I found short field landings to be much more comfortable, more fun and easier than your normal mushy landing using your regular training hack. Simply set the correct attitude and tractor her in controlling the ROD with throttle - how easy can that be.
I vividly remember during my PPL flight test when the examiner ask me to do a short field landing touching down on the runway numbers, my response was at the top or the bottom of the numbers, he didn't reply.