Wouldn't it also be true that if there were a thread about parallel parking and how to do it there would be a massive disagreement and just as much d**k waving. From the aim straight at 30mph and handbrake turn in to the way that the driving instructor tells you with mirrors, and handbrake In between changing gear
If I can remember back far enough to learning to drive there was a set way I was taught to do it. After test we have all honed our skills to be able to choose a different way of doing it depending on size space, type of car and how busy the traffic is.
So, to the OP, listen to your instructor and keep listening. He/she will get you to able to do an adequate landing most of the time. Then, as experience grows you will find different ways to do it in different conditions and different planes.
Landing isn't a dark art, just our target is perfection which we can't all do all of the time. And anything evenly slightly less than perfection is unfortunately obvious
Going back to the parking analogy, we don't all get that right all the time either (he says, looking at his alloy wheels)!
