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Learn to hit these little shots crisply, firmly. From a slightly Open Alignment of the entire Body (not just the Stance), position your
Do this 10,000 times -- I am not exaggerating that number -- and then let us know how it's going.

I spent all evening, yesterday, trying to implement Ben's info from his videos. It was great to consistently get the "click" sound when the face hit the ball. It was great!

one of the things that helped was the open stance.
What is the purpose of going into address with your right foot "pigeon-toed?" Is it to get this open stance?

My second question:
when the elbow is in line with the ball on the downswing (from the face on view) does the clubshaft have to be still parallel to the ground (it looks like that for Ben)? At this point, my club is already below parallel even though my right wrist is well bent.