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2. Stringing machine - Wikipedia

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   Stringing a racquet can take up to an hour for a novice, or around twenty minutes for a skilled stringer; during professional tournament a very skilled stringer may be asked to string a racquet while the player is on court. These string jobs can take just over 10 minutes for a seasoned tournament stringer. [1] [2]

3. Racket (sports equipment) - Wikipedia

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   Racket is the standard American spelling of the word.Racquet is an alternative spelling [2] [3] more common in Britain, as evidenced by the BBC style guide. [4] Racquet is used more commonly in certain sports, such as tennis, squash, racquetball, and badminton, and less commonly in others.

4. Prince Sports - Wikipedia

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   The company was founded in 1970 by Robert Hirt McClure (1893–1991) of Princeton, New Jersey (the origin of the company's name) as a manufacturer of tennis-ball machines, and soon after, rackets. Howard Head , founder of the Head sporting goods company, took tennis lessons following his retirement and used a Prince tennis ball machine, but was ...

5. Ektelon - Wikipedia

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   Ektelon, Inc. was an American manufacturer of equipment for racquetball . Originally based in Bordentown, New Jersey, Ektelon was founded by Franklin W. "Bud" Held in 1964 as the first company to manufacture racquetball racquets and stringing machines, [ 1] not long after the development of the sport of racquetball by Joe Sobek. [ 2][ 3 ...

6. List of racket sports - Wikipedia

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   Sports that use a netted racket. Badminton. Ball badminton. Battledore and shuttlecock. Crossminton (previously "Speedminton") Frontenis. Qianball. Racketlon (a series of other racket and paddle sports) Rackets.

7. Racquetball - Wikipedia

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   Racquetball is a racquet sport and a team sport played with a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. Joseph Sobek [ 1] invented the modern sport of racquetball in 1950, [ 2] adding a stringed racquet to paddleball in order to increase velocity and control. Unlike most racquet sports, such as tennis and badminton, there is no net to ...