Vee One...Rotate
I think I may have over exaggerated with the 'give it a good yank' but you do need to be more forceful than the Tommy. The Tommy 'dances' around at about 60kts desperate to get off the ground but most instructors (that I know) insist you do do rotate till 70kts, almost forcing it to stay down. I rather prefer to let it ease itself up around 60kts but stay in the ground effect till I am nearer 70kts (depending on takeoff configuration), this keeps un-necessary pressure off the nosewheel.
In the 152, I think you are right, a starting point may be to start the rotate 5kts less than required to bring it up gently or just do the 'yank' method I have been doing, just dont yank to hard and bleed your airspeed off and end too clost to the stall.
Maybe me and Mazzy could zip over to Leicester for a meet one day, whadya reckon?