Racket sports (or racquet sports) are games in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a ball or other object.[1] Rackets consist of a handled frame with an open hoop that supports a network of tightly stretched strings. Paddles have a solid face rather than a network of strings, but may be perforated with a pattern of holes, or be covered with a textured surface.
Sports that use a netted racket
- Badminton
- Ball badminton
- Battledore and shuttlecock
- Crossminton (previously "Speedminton")
- Frontenis
- Qianball
- Racketlon (a series of other racket and paddle sports)
- Rackets
- Racquetball
- Real tennis
- Soft tennis
- Speed-ball
- Squash
- Squash tennis
- Stické
- Tennis
- Tennis polo
- Touchtennis
Sports that use a non-netted racket, or paddle
- Basque pelota
- Beach tennis
- Downside ball game
- Four wall paddleball
- Frescobol
- Frescotennis
- Jokari
- Jombola
- Matkot
- Miniten
- One wall paddleball
- Paddle ball
- Paddle tennis
- Padel
- Paleta Frontón
- Pan Pong
- Pelota mixteca
- Pickleball
- Pitton
- Platform tennis
- Road tennis
- Sphairee
- Stoolball
- Table squash
- Table tennis (Ping Pong)
- Tamburello
- Tambourelli
- Totem tennis
References
- ^ "What is a Racquet Sports?". RacketWarriors.com. Racket Warriors. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.