Why am I having so much trouble?

[Saville]

The most important thing to do in any skill related activity, is to "Relax".
........Calmness and relaxation are important.

Ain't that the truth. WHen I started out, whenI was on final I noticed that my right leg stiffened up and I tried to use body english to make the plane do what I wanted.

Naturally THAT failed. So once I noticed that I was stiffening up, I'd remind myself to relax by adding an R to may already modified GUMP check:

GUMPFCR - Pronounce it and you'll see how easy it was to remember it

Gas
Undercarriage
Mixture
Prop

Flaps
Carbo heat
RELAX

I use this on all planes whether or not there's a constant speed prop or carb heat or flaps. If they don't exist, or are fixed, I simply say "set".

Once I relaxed, my landings got much better