Racket sports (or racquet sports) are games in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a ball or a shuttlecock. A racket has a handled frame with an open hoop that supports a network of tightly stretched strings. A paddle, sometimes called a bat, has 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.

Racketlon, a racket sport quadrathlon, is a multisport competition in which participants compete in a series of four separate racket sports: table tennis, badminton, squash, and tennis.

thumb|[[Liu Xiaolong and Qiu Zihan playing badminton at the 2013 French Open.]]

thumb|[[James Willstrop and Karim Darwish playing squash.]]

thumb|right|[[Justine Henin playing tennis at the 2006 Medibank International.]]

thumb|[[Vladimir Samsonov|Uładzimir Samsonaŭ, a table tennis player]]

thumb|right|Recreational [[pickleball players.]]

Sports that use a netted racket

Sports that use a solid-faced paddle<span class="anchor" id="Paddle sports"></span>

See also

  • Basque pelota
  • Bat-and-ball games
  • List of stick sports
  • Pallone

References

A chronology of racket sports by Racquet Warriors