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Racket sports (or racquet sports) are
game A game is a structured type of play usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator sports or video games) or art ...
s in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a
ball A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but sometimes ovoid) with several uses. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players. Balls can also be used for s ...
or other object. 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.


Sports that use a netted racket


Sports that use a solid-faced paddle


See also

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Basque pelota Basque pelota (Basque: '' pilota'', Spanish: '' pelota vasca'', French: '' pelote basque'') is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (''frontis or fronto ...
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Bat-and-ball games Bat-and-ball games, or safe haven games, are playing field, field games played by two opposing teams. Action starts when the defending team throws a ball at a dedicated player of the attacking team, who tries to hit it with a bat and then run bet ...
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List of stick sports Stick sports are games in which a long stick-like device is essential to the sport. Often the stick is used to strike or catch a ball or puck, but may be used for other purposes such as dislodging your opponent in jousting, a weapon in stick fight ...
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Pallone ''Pallone'' (; Italian for an inflated ball, source of the English word ''balloon'') is the name of several traditional ball games, played in all regions of Italy, with few differences in regulations. Forms ''Pallone col bracciale'' ''Pallon ...


References


External links


A chronology of racket sports by Racquet Warriors
{{DEFAULTSORT:Racket Sport * Sport-related lists by sport