On Nov 22, 3:10*pm, a wrote:

The wrong place to lose energy on a short field is in the flare. Get
it slow on short final. Also, although probably not in your manual,
once on the ground get the flaps up -- it puts more weight on the
landing gear and braking is more effective. *When I want the wheels on
the runway quickly I bring up the flaps late in the flare (verify
three times you're touching flaps, not gear!).

Agree A. I do get flaps up right away after landing and BEFORE
braking. This is actually in the POH. Stopping, I had tons of runway
remaining

My problem I believe is that I was somewhat "intimidated" by the
closeness of trees (not well seen as I cut out that part of the
approach) and need to work on that as well as put it closer to the
numbers like Flaps50 indicated. The video has me higher then normal
on approach then I am used to.

With regards to retracting flaps before touchdown, I won't do this. I
did this once and the plane simply dropped like a rock. My guess is
the I lost the effectiveness of ground effect. Fortunately my gear is
fixed and welded!