Racket (sport)

In certain ball sports, the racket is the device used to move the cue ball. In some sports it is also called racket or racquet .

In detail there are:

• Badminton racket in badminton
• Baseball bat in baseball
• Cricket bat in cricket
• Ice hockey stick in ice hockey
• Golf clubs in golf
• Hockey stick in hockey
• Hurley in Hurling and Camogie
• Showdown bat at the table ball
• Squash racket in squash
• Tennis racket in tennis
• Table tennis bats at table tennis
• Polo bat in polo

Another racket is the historic, board-like mallet .

Jai Alai , where the pelota with the basket-shaped Cesta Punta is not hit, but driven, and Taiji Bailong Ball , in which the hard ball with the flexibly strung racket is gently picked up, diverted in a spiral and returned if necessary, are an exception among ball sports .