TRIM - TRIM - TRIM that attitude. You should never be holding any pressures on the control column.
It does work. There is a T/o, climb, climb turn, S&L, initial, intermediate and final appraoch attitude. Know them, they will be same every time round and round and round and round and round and ......sorry!!
On finals the a/c should be flying down that 'slippery dip' without much assistance, and if set correctly only need slight fingertip control to maintain the wings level, and constant attitude.
Be happy to leave it set like that until you are ready to land. If necessary make SMALL adjustments to power(Rate of Descent) or Attitude (airspeed). Make small adjustments, but lots of them if necessary. The a/c reacts at the same rate at which you make the change i.e. Big reduction in power, the a/c will start sinking like a brick and therefore you will need a fair bit of backpressure to arrest that sink. If you make small adjustments, the a/c's reaction and therefore yours will not have to be as great. When you ready to land i.e. "Your" target point starts to disappear under the cowling, 'smoothly' reduce the power; (a/c reaction will be gradual).
Your instructor will help you from there, but I stress little adjustments otherwise (generally @ 200') you will start dancing with the a/c and trying to land off an ugly approach.
Its all about Attitudes and Trim.
