Nobody has things figured out at 14 hrs. Don’t be too hard on yourself. Hands and feet are important, but there are so many other things which are part of the pilot skillset.

Some people pick up the hands and feet immediately, some take longer. I was a flight instructor for a number of years and had students who were downright scary at 30 or 35 hrs, but pulled it together, and progressed to become fantastic. I’ve also had students who could fly a maneuver to flight test standard on their first or second try, utterly bomb a flight test, or scare the shit out of me because I was being complacent with them.

The one thing that all of the successful pilots had in common was work ethic.

Study each exercise to see what the specific aim is. Also, try to analyze specifically what the failure is. Example: Your “just bad” landings… are they “just bad” because they are extremely firm? Or just bad because you miss your targeted touch down point? From there you can start to try to diagnose what specifically is causing the issues. A seemingly small detail such as looking at the end of the runway during a flare and rollout can easily be overlooked and dismissed, but it causes MAJOR issues for allot of pilots. Ask your instructor for specifics when they tell you that an exercise was poorly completed. Then ask them specifically what you need to do to fix it. Don’t accept answers like “suck less”. Unfortunately this is actually a somewhat common response among training captains and instructors who don’t know specifically how to diagnose an issue with a student.

Just keep reading the flight training manual to understand everything there is to know about each exercise.

Sit in a comfortable place with no distractions after each flight and visualize what happened. Allow your mind time to process it overnight. Then visualize what you are going to do before each flight.

During the flight, think about the process and not the consequences of failure.

Be very prepared. Think of the wind direction, which runway you plan on using, where the sun is going to be during different parts of the circuit(pattern). Mentally complete the entire flight before you walk onto the ramp.

One last thing… frequency… doing a flight every day, or every other day helps allot. If your 14 hrs are spread over 3 months you spend more time (and money) remembering things. If you go at it quickly, the muscle memory will build much more quickly. That said, I would avoid the two flights a day until you get done your first solo and get back out in the practise area. Your brain needs time while you sleep to process what happened and rewrite your subconscious programming.

Anyways… probably a TLDR. Don’t give up. Everyone figures it out in their own time. I’ve only had two students who couldn’t pass a flight test, but i think if they applied themselves and actually studied/actually listened, they woulda been fine.

Good luck!