Sparring is great, my favortie aspect of the martial arts. As for landing a quality punch, that comes with time. For instance, you need to learn to set your apponents up. One of the most basic princeples of all sparring is deception. Try throwing a few solid kicks into the abdomen of your opponent, great if they connect but not a problem if they done't. After you've done this a few times they start to anticipate you throwing that technique so you will be able to fake that gut kick, and when they drop there hands in anticipation pop them in the head. This goes back to the timing aspect I talked about in my previous post. You seem to be rather new to the martial arts so just be patient, all of that stuff will come in time.
Also, if you are just dead set on sparring some more speak to your instructor after class. You don't want to put him on the spot in front of everyone, but if you just let him know how interested you are he probably won't be offended. Just don't approach it as if you are challenging the instructor's knowledge of what you need, just pose it as a question.
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