you will be better prepared for landing practice if you know exactly how to carry out each step of the landing, BEFORE you get to the aircraft. Learn on the ground, practice in the air.
I agree. I am not convinced that giving an attitude from a different phase of flight, as a comparison, is that helpful. Throughout the flying training we teach: power + attitude = performance for each phase; climbing, straight and level, descending and turns etc. We do the same at different speeds and configurations. Why change this logic for landings?
do everything you are doing but come closer to the runway.
Exactly. The landing should also be given a power together with an attitude. This brings us back to how thoroughly the early exercises have been taught, which are too often rushed, particularly the effects of controls.