Sport guide
Rackets
Rackets is a fast, historic indoor game played with long wooden-framed rackets and a small, hard white ball in a large four-walled court with a high front wall. It survives mainly at British public schools, a few clubs, and in North America, and is the ancestor of squash.
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At a glance
- Also known as
- Racquets
- Court
- 18.29 m × 9.144 m (60 ft × 30 ft)
- Played with
- A racket and a ball
- Formats
- Singles, Doubles
- Governing body
- Tennis and Rackets Association
- Origin
- Grew out of games played against the yard walls of London's debtors' prisons, the King's Bench and the Fleet, in the 18th century
The court
Rackets courts were built individually and differ in size; the figures are typical, not a standard.
Formats
- Singles
- Doubles
Explore rackets
- CourtsCourt size 18.29 m × 9.144 m (60 ft × 30 ft), drawn to scale · 1 famous venue
- Organisations1 organisation, from Tennis and Rackets Association to national federations, by region
Related sports
Sources
- Tennis and Rackets Association website, Tennis and Rackets Associationtennisandrackets.comOfficial rulebook or governing body (tier 1 of 5)