A split step involving landing only one foot.
This difference allows users to increase his speed and cover the court more effectively. In the English dub, it has been renamed as "Ryoma Split Step", although Kirihara Akaya can use this technique as well. It has been noted that this comes naturally to Kirihara, whereas it has been mentioned that Ryoma is only able to perform it through his father training him in tennis since he was young.