Racquet

A racquet (or racket) is a sports implement consisting of a handled frame with an open hoop across which a network of cord is stretched tightly. It is used for striking a ball in such games as squash, tennis, racquetball, and badminton. Collectively, these games are known as racquet sports. The frame of racquets for all sports was traditionally made of laminated wood and the strings of animal intestine known as gut; cat gut was most commonly used... more

Sports Equipment

Sport used for

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a...

Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow...

Racquetball

For other sports often called "paddleball", see Paddleball (sport). Racquetball is a racquet sport played with a hollow rubber ball in an indoor or outdoor...

Squash

Squash is a racquet sport played by two players (or four players for doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball. Squash is recognized by...

Real tennis

Real tennis, often called "Royal Tennis"—one of several sports sometimes called the sport of Kings—is the original indoor racquet sport from which the modern...
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