Racquet sport
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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...
(or rackets) to hit a ball
Ball
A ball is a round, usually spherical but sometimes ovoid, object with various 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 simpler activities, such as catch, marbles and juggling...
or other object.
List of racquet sports
- BadmintonBadmintonBadminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
- Ball badmintonBall badmintonBall badminton is a sport native to India. It is a racket game, played with a yellow ball made of wool, on a court of fixed dimensions divided by a net. The game was played as early as 1856 by the royal family in Tanjore, the capital of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India. It enjoys the...
- Basque pelota
- FrontenisFrontenisFrontenis is a Basque pelota speciality that is played in a 30 meters pelota court using rackets...
- Jai alaiJai alaiJai alai is a sport involving a ball bounced off a walled space. It is a variety of Basque Pelota. The term, coined by Serafin Baroja in 1875, is also often loosely applied to the fronton where the sport is played...
- Frontenis
- Beach tennisBeach tennisFor another sport called "beach paddleball", see Matkot. For other sports called "paddleball", see Paddleball .Beach Tennis USA takes the fun and fast-paced sport of tennis and combines it with the sun, sea and sand of the beach....
- MatkotMatkotMatkot is a popular paddle ball game in Israel similar to beach tennis, often referred to as the country's national sport.Matkot is a non-competitive beach game in which two or more players hit a small ball back and forth using paddles...
- Matkot
- Bilbocatch
- Frescoball
- LacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
- Lotball
- PaddleballPaddleball (sport)Paddle ball is a one-person toy played with an attached ball and paddle.Paddleball may also refer to:*Beach tennis, also known as "beach paddle ball" or "beach paddleball"*Matkot, also known as "Beach paddleball" or "kadima"*One wall paddleball...
- Paddle tennisPaddle tennisPaddle tennis is a game adapted from tennis and played for over a century. Compared to tennis, the court is smaller and has no doubles lanes, and the net is lower. Paddle tennis is played with a solid paddle as opposed to a strung racquet, and a depressurized tennis ball is used along with an...
- Padel tennisPadel TennisPadel tennis is a racquet sport played extensively in Spain and Latin America.Padel is typically played in doubles on an enclosed court about half the size of a tennis court...
- PickleballPickleballPickleball is a racquet sport which combines elements of badminton, tennis, and table tennis. The sport is played on a court with the same dimensions as a doubles badminton court. The net is similar to a tennis net, but is mounted two inches lower...
- Pington
- Paleta FrontónPaleta FrontonPaleta Frontón is a Peruvian sport that was born in Lima in "" Club in the year 1945. This sport has its roots in the "Pelota Vasca" brought by the Spanish Conquerors and the domestic "Pelota Mano" wrongly called at that time "Handball" because of the English influence.A wooden blade and a black...
- Pelota mixtecaPelota mixtecaPelota mixteca is a team sport similar to a net-less tennis game. The players wear sturdy, elaborately decorated gloves affixed to a heavy flat striking surface, using them to strike a small solid ball...
- Platform tennis
- QianballQianballQianball is a racket sport similar to tennis or squash. The game can be described as a mix between tennis and squash or as squash without walls. The game can be played by two or four players, or used as practice by a single person...
- RacquetballRacquetballFor other sports often called "paddleball", see Paddleball .Racquetball is a racquet sport played with a hollow rubber ball in an indoor or outdoor court...
- RacquetsRacquets (sport)Rackets or Racquets is an indoor racket sport played in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada...
- Ricochet (Sports)
- RacketlonRacketlonRacketlon is a racquet-sport cousin of the triathlon and decathlon. It combines the four most popular racquetsports in a single match ....
- Rapid BallRapid BallRapid ball or rapid-ball is a relatively new sport derived from squash and raquetball. It was invented by Peter V. Haighton in order to create a game similar to squash, but less taxing on one's legs and joints...
- Real tennisReal tennisReal tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original indoor racquet sport from which the modern game of lawn tennis , is descended...
- Ring tennis (No use of racket)
- Soft tennisSoft TennisSoft tennis is a racket game played on a court of two halves, separated by a net. Like regular tennis, it is played by individuals or pairs , whose object is to hit the ball over the net, landing within the confines of the court, with the aim of preventing one's opponent from being able to hit it...
- Speed-ballSpeed-ballSpeed-Ball is a racquet sport invented in Egypt in 1961 by Mohamed Lotfy for the training of beginner tennis players. Today it is a sport in its own right, enjoying popularity not only in Egypt but in other countries...
- Speedminton
- SquashSquash (sport)Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
(Squash racquets)- Hardball squashHardball squashHardball squash is a format of the indoor racquet sport squash which was first developed in North America in the late 19h century and early 20th century. It is sometimes referred to as being the "American version" of the sport...
- Hardball squash
- Squash tennisSquash tennisSquash tennis is an American variant of squash racquets, but played with a ball and racquets that are closer to the equipment used for lawn tennis, and with somewhat different rules. For younger players the game offers the complexity of squash racquets and the speed of racquetball...
- StickéStickéStické is a racquet sport invented in the late 19th century merging aspects of real tennis, racquets, and lawn tennis...
- Table TennisTable tennisTable tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
(Ping Pong) - TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- Tennis PoloTennis PoloTennis polo is a field sport where two teams of ten players use a tennis ball to score goals. Two teams of ten players attempt to throw the ball into a goal defended by a keeper who holds a racquet. Tennis Polo shares elements of sports such as field handball, the Gaelic sport of hurling and...
- Viperball
- XareXareXare is racquet sport, a form of Basque pelota.-Ball:The ball is not exactly struck, nor is it quite caught—the effect is somewhere in between. The ball is very hard, and covered by parchment.-Court:...