Sentence:  In the final phase, the athlete works in non-cleated shoes on starts, stops, jumps, rounded side-step cuts, and crossover cuts, advancing to hard 90° cuts, and running tighter and tighter figures-of-eight. Defensive backs run sideways and backward and perform <WSD>carioca</WSD> (crossover) steps. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A sideways step in which one leg crosses over the other.