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Never mind, I've got it. Sorry for leaving this up, I don't know how to take a post down.

At the risk of sounding really silly... I am really confused as to which direction the gymnast should turn in the initial half-twist on to the table in this vault - is it the same way as their round-off or the same way as their natural twist direction?

Have you tried demonstrating - it might just be that they don't actually know what you mean? Other than that perhaps you should just try taking it back a step and looking at progressions and drills - bunny-hops, burpies, bunny hop onto block, donkey kicks, three jumps on trampette and squat onto...

I used to be just the same when I did gymnastics! I did get it eventually though - what worked for me is only pushing yourself every second day. When you stretch you create tiny tears in your muscles which will (hopefully) heal a little more flexible then when they started, but if you're tearing...