The thing that helped it click for me was an instructor allowing me to do a low approach down the length of the runway, just holding the aeroplane in ground effect.
He did one first with me observing and getting a good mental picture of exactly what things should look like in the hold-off, then I tried it. Landings just made sense after that.
Of course, we did have a 13,000 ft runway to play with but I can't see why this technique wouldn't work anywhere.