Tennis instruction: The Tennis Return of Serve! Pete Sampras on this tennis backhand return shows you how important it is to get inside the court to take the ball early.

Pete usually a pretty laid back type from his outside demeanor, but in fact he was a driven, determined and self confident type, that would do everything fair to beat you!

This early backhand is a sample of his silent aggressiveness.

To notice: - Early reading of the ball direction

- Strong split step

- Short back swing

- Cut off angle with forward cross step well inside the court

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