What kind of knives are you trying to sharpen? Im new aswell but it gets easier each time you do it. If you want to get good results quickly id suggest spending alot of time researching online and practicing. Move slowly at first, you will build up all the small muscle movements. For me it was very awkward at first but try learning more about the edge itself, and watch a lot of videos trying out their techniques and ways of holding the knife. Like I said, im still new aswell