page_title: List of sports
section_title: Racket (or racquet) sports
hierarchical_section_title: List of sports / Physical sports / Racket (or racquet) sports
caption_attribution_description: Español: Campeonato de España 2014 en Jaén
context_page_description: The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category.
  According to the World Sports Encyclopedia, there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games.
context_section_description: Racket sports are games in which players use rackets to hit a ball or other object. However, this list is broader and includes sport disciplines where players use not rackets but paddles (hand-held frame with flat boards or planks instead of strings).
  Badminton
  Ball badminton
  Basque pelota
  Frontenis
  Xare
  Beach tennis
  Crossminton (previously "Speedminton")
  Matkot
  Miniten
  Padel
  Paleta Frontón
  Pelota mixteca
  Pickleball
  Platform tennis
  Qianball
  Racketlon
  Racquetball
  Racquets
  Real tennis
  Road tennis
  Soft tennis
  Speed-ball
  Squash
  Hardball squash
  Squash tennis
  Stické
  Table tennis
  Tennis
  Tennis polo
caption: Carolina Marín, a badminton player
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