Oh yes.. I had smoothness down pat.
I had been flying radio controlled stuff for years and years. So a delicate pair of thumbs, and being able to anticipate things were helpful.
That plus a lot of car and motorcycle riding gave a sense of balance to cross reference.
My biggest problem.. My father was 35 years in the airforce. So I grew up around full on Military aircraft.
Cessna 152.
5 Hours into my Private Pilots License.
Short field takeoff.. first time.
Instructor says... OK.. so here is what we do...
Full brakes.
1 notch of flaps.
Full throttle.
2500 RPM, let off on the brakes..
When the airspeed hits 54(I think) knots, pull that yoke back fully FAST. And we will rotate crisply, and leap into the air.
Maintain 60 Knots, and we will climb on up.
Soo
Full brakes.. 1 notch of flaps.. throttle... 2500 RPM.. release brakes.. little right rudder.. here we goooo
54 Knots, I BRISKLY pulled/yanked the yoke to my tummy.
The cessna rotated.. there was a scrape from the tail hitting the ground, and then we went vertical.. I released the pressure on the yoke since we were climbing vertical...

My instructor went white as a ghost.. made a gurgling gasping noise, and screamed MY PLANE!!!

Tears in his eyes he Violently bashed the yoke forward out of my hands, to make the nose go over.. and whimpering incoherently pointed us at the ground.
We were at 200 or so feet at this point, and the airspeed went from the steady 60, down almost instantly to essentially zero as we nosed over.
with a half wail he smacked the flap lever to full as the plane fell towards the runway, and then yanked back on the yoke as we got scarily closer, but had some airspeed.
The plane rotated and gave a solid, but not hard bump off the runway, he kicked it into a hard slip, killed power and PLANTED it on the runway, and veered off onto a taxiway.
I then was screamed at for 10 minutes about the difference between a F-4, F-16 and the Cessna 152.
Was fun!