Steps 1, 2, 3, 4…

We can break a technique down into various steps.
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Step 1, you do this.
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Step 2, you do that.
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Step 3, you are ready for action.
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Step 4, you complete executing your move.
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This may sound too obvious, but in reality, it often doesn’t work like that. Your opponent would be resisting. You may not have secured and controlled some minor-but-important-enough elements, but the time is running out. And there are more transitionary steps between step each step.
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You are likely to have a hard time if you are expecting things to work, just as in these simplified steps.
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Some things are hard to verbalize. You must feel them and develop some intuitive understanding of how things really work when you execute them.
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Unless you’re drilling with someone who understands what exactly you are drilling, it can be tricky, too because you may not be getting realistic reactions from your training partners.
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One of the best ways to fill in these gaps between simplified steps is to do light/flow/slow sparring. In such sparring, you will be able to work on your moves in a semi-realistic condition without worrying so much about your partner being fully resistant to your attempts.
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This way, you can observe what’s happening, finding new patterns and different possibilities.
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These are all great sources for your growth because for a given technique, you will start being able to connect its step 1 with its step 2, and its step 2 with its step 3… and so on.
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Once you got the hang of executing this technique, you can sharpen it by using it against a fully resisting partner.
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Experiment and keep improving your techniques.