Split-Step Metronome
WallNTRP 2.0–3.010 minfootwork
Why this drill
The wall's rhythm is perfectly regular — which makes it the ideal metronome for wiring the split step to an external event until the habit is unconscious.
Setup
Five meters from the wall, easy rally pace — the rally is deliberately below your level, because the feet are the drill.
The drill
Rally gently, split-stepping at the exact moment your ball strikes the wall — every single ball, no exceptions. Ten-ball sets; a set counts only if all ten splits happened, judged honestly. Ten sets. It will feel mechanical, then silly, then — around set seven — automatic. Automatic is the finish line.
One thought to take on court
Land as the ball leaves the wall, toes ready in both directions — the split is a question your feet ask before every answer.