1- Practice the process of walking in and split stepping
2- Players take 3 steps - 1,2, 3 count and split step over cones
3- Players do 3 to left and then 3 to the right
4- Extension - coach out the front has a ball in each hand, stetched out. When they are about to split step, he drops ONE of the balls and the players have to react in that direction. If he drops left ball, the players react left and run 3-4 steps
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