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believe it or not, that practice with attention to being perfect, is what will make you a better pilot, teach you the plane, and eventually reduce your landing distance to the minimum. Now, at some point a light will go off in the back of your mind and you may realize that the risk/reward ratio changes when you find yourself well behind the power curve using full power to drag her over the trees and plan to touch at the end of the 3,000' runway; a student of mine liked to touch dead center on the numbers until he pulled carb heat and it killed the engine one cold day.
Now you have some time and practice, note that on cubs when you add brakes or the tail comes up on landing you will get fuel sloshing forward in the tanks which adds to the pitching forward. Less fuel equals less slosh.
Just for comparison, working hunting camps for the air taxi, our strips were all over 500', most were 600 for the cub. 4,000' elevation, most had reasonable approaches. Most also had a touchdown spot that was critical for one reason or another- so accuracy was key.