I am of the opinon that there is too much of a rush to get into the circuit.
The average Bloggs is often a little overawed still in hours 2 and 3 to really get to grips with the art of correct attitude flying/trimming and the delicate interaction between power, attitude and trim.
Often the lack of this basic knowledge causes those innaccurate circuits and unstable approaches. Poor Bloggs is then forced to spend extra time bashing the circuit to achieve 1st solo loosing confidence as he goes.
The same thing manifests itself later on Nav where headings and altitudes wander, cause constant changes to power and distract from the basics of map, compass and stopwatch. Ditto for poorly flown PFLs - all the capacity is spent trying to keep the correct airspeed at the expense of planning.
I often nicked 20 - 30 minutes out of stalling to perfect rapid, accurate and confident combinations of attitude power and trim. Test pass stalling packages can be perfected in test workup when Bloggs has more time on the aircraft/confidence.
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