Haha...I'm actually a little envious that this dude got over 4 pages of critisism. I would ask for more help from Steerpike, but I'm currently studying Leil Lowndry as well as re-reading the Iliad.
More on topic: I realized that my 6 months of practicing the pass was in complete vain because I didn't take it seriously enough. I thought that such a simple move could be just taught through YouTube guys....and I was completely wrong. Alex Pandrea as well as people from this forum gave me great tips, and in this one month of practice my skill with the move has become exponentially better than what it was before... In fact I bought Jason England's Double Lift video (even though I considered myself proficient) just to check if there was anything to make my lift look even better. Lo and behold, Jason introduced a DL that I fell in love with (forgot the name...sorry) and I am currently practicing that.
TL;DR: Practice indeed does not make perfect. It is worth looking at the source of the move to learn it, instead of roaming YouTube for messed-up tutorials.
After reading so many references to Card College, I may try to get a copy of that (though I have enough to work on at the moment).