Not going too well

Everyone has a bad day. Most important value an instructor can have in my opinion is patience.

Stick with it , I know once you screw up you get flustered.

 

Stick with it. Everybody has to learn, everybody did learn and so will you.
I don't mean this in a harsh way and I'm not knocking drivers but take a look around. Every driver out there started out not knowing how to back. Some of them, probably a lot of them, are dumber than you are. But they learned. You can too.
Your instructor sounds like a knuckle-head. No instructor should ever yell at a student. If he can't find a way to help you learn...which is what instructors do...he ought to look for some other line of work.
Maybe being a meter maid or strangling baby bunnies would suit him better.

 

Get out and look. take a breather and look at everything, breathe deep and walk out the area you are going to back into and visualize the whole process, then walk back to truck, and back in. Do not let anyone ever hurry you, that is when mistakes happen.

 

You gotta give it time. Most people cant back up for #### in school. When the instructor yells at you just smile and wave.
I was lucky in school, two of the instructors were old school drivers. Only time one of em yelled was if you slammed the door.lol

 

Why doesn't somebody spend some effort to put together a good video series of birds-eye views of "good trailer backing technique" being performed? They could sell the series for a good money. For most, seeing the bigger picture from above could be such a huge help. This would better show the orientation of the initial setup and the process of managing the back. Trying to write or verbally explain the process is not very effective for most. And we all have different ways of explaining, some better then others, but a proper technique on video is invaluable and indisputable.

 

There are some pretty good backing videos on youtube. But like any "expert" you have to consider the source.

 

All I've seen are from various ground level observer viewpoints and are basically useless IMO

 

Visualize your hand on the bottom edge of the steering wheel , if you want the trailer to go right move the hand on the bottom of the wheel right , and left , left , after awhile it will just come natural , and don't let your angle between the truck and trailer become to big , most novices think you need a jackknife angle to back in , it's much easier with lesser angles , you can correct quicker with out large movements of the steering wheel , hope that helps

 

I had a few drivers that I employed, one could not back for spit. I told her to use the tires, not the back of the trailer as a reference. She started backing like a champ, and told me she was never told that before. It is easier too if you slide the tandems all the way to the rear of the trailer.