Shadow the transition

How it works

1. Start at the baseline in your ready position: paddle up, knees soft.
2. Split-step: a small hop that lands on both feet at once, balanced, as if the opponent were hitting.
3. Three quick steps forward.
4. Split-step again, about the transition zone.
5. Three more steps and a last split-step at the kitchen line, toes behind it.
6. Walk back. Ten times.

Turn the dial

Easier: walk it, stopping fully at each split-step.

Harder: call a direction as you land each split-step (left, right, middle) and take your first step that way, as if the ball were coming there.