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Sorry to be slow to respond, but I did pass my exam and am not fully certified as a personal trainer!

On approaches - practice very slow first. This is the way to make corrections and build muscle memory. Film it if you can. Focus on the last two steps of the approach. Feet first, then work the hands in later. Start with hands in front, the only motion they go through should be down so they are fully extended behind you while you are at your crouching peak then swing forward and up so they are overhead at the peak of your jump. Slow it down, make sure you get the technique first so that you are practicing the proper form before going over and over again with poor form. The thing about this game is that you can get into almost endless detail on techniques at each level of improvement to help build your game, but you must have the fundamentals down first in order to make that progress.