A piece of sports equipment consisting of a handled frame with strings stretched across an open hoop, used to hit balls in tennis, badminton, squash, and similar sports. Modern racquets are typically made from lightweight composite materials.
From Arabic 'rahat al-yad' meaning 'palm of the hand', through Old French 'rachette'. The equipment evolved from early wooden frames with natural gut strings to today's high-tech composite materials.
Racquet technology has transformed sports performance - modern materials like carbon fiber and titanium create frames that are simultaneously lighter and more powerful than wooden racquets, completely changing how games are played!
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