I learned to fly around 14 yrs ago in Australia, lapsed for far too long and am now back at the throttle re-learning.... And having fun ....And have nothing but praise for instructors...and the "enthusiasts" that they need to deal with...
Back when I started I had 4 different instructors: one ex military, one crop-duster, one airline pilot and a young buck building hours... And all had different styles of instruction, and all taught me different things.
The military guy was all about check lists and altitudes and air speeds. The crop duster was, "instruments are fine to have as a back-up, but just feel what the plane is telling you". The airline pilot was the one who taught me to fly the plane to the ground.... By making me try to fly the centerline of the runway in rough weather configuration at exactly ten feet.... While he was kicking the rudder and holding , and jerking up and down, the throttle.... Scary...but effective!
( BTW, I originally solo'd at about 14hrs)