Can one get good at phone interviews?

On Thursday I had two job interviews and even though I think they both went reasonably well, I have a much better feeling about one. And the main difference? One was in person, the other was a phone interview over Skype (no video).

Not only did I have a phone interview, I had my first phone interview. That may strike you as odd, but according to my experiences phone interviews aren't really popular in Slovenia and I haven't worked for a company abroad before. All that is of course changing now when I'm looking for a job in Sweden.

I don't think that the interview went badly, but I couldn't get in the zone, I wasn't properly focused and I even caught myself making long sentences that must have confused my interlocutor. If I summarise: I just couldn't be myself.

I'm usually quite good at interviews, there is just something about talking about myself for an hour that I enjoy... And I often feel like I made a connection during the interview, not unlike the feeling you get when you've made a new friend.

Nothing pleasant like that happened this time though. And even though I know it is possible that it just didn't go as well as I've expected it too, I can't help but suspect the phone is to blame here. I felt annoyed during the pauses my interviewee made to write things down, and I couldn't shake the impression he was just following a script. It didn't feel like a real conversation.

Even though I never appreciated the idea of a video call, I'm quite sure it would make a world of difference this time.

Am I'm over-thinking this and is this just what the phone interviews are like? Are phone interviews just worse different than in-person ones? Do you feel you are a good phone interviewee? Any tips? Please respond in the comments!