If your primary training was like mine, you spent many of your earlier flight hours going slow. Hanging-on-the-prop slow, as your CFI struggled to teach you things like managing pitch and power, the region of reversed command, stall buffets and other warnings, and stalls/recoveries themselves. If you’re lucky, someone also trained you in spins along the way. Much of this training typically is lumped into a “slo flt” entry in your logbook’s remarks section.
Once you and your instructor started seriously working on landings, the reason for slow-flight training became clearer. Knowing how the airplane will react when it’s slow is one of the keys to making consistently good landings. It’s also important when conducting maximum-performance takeoffs, like soft- and short-field work.
