Need some help on a ballet move, please.?

So last night was my 3rd ballet class in which I was the only person who showed up. So instead of doing our normal thing, she asked if there was anything I wanted to try. Well, there is one thing that I have been wanting to tackle and we went over the mechanics of the step, and I tried it a few times. I had watched a youtube video in the past so I had the basic gist of what to do, but she broke it down even more....what was the move? Italian Fouettes. And guess what, I was able to get very close a few times and I did do one that I would consider "clean". My biggest problem is brushing the leg through First and turning into the back attitude. Since that isn't something that I have done in class it's not easy. Besides the obvious, "keep practicing" and just plain old "repetition"; does anyone have any suggestions for me that could make that part of the step easier? Italian Fouettes in case you are familiar with them, look like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtrgKD6bg8g