Law 4: Racket

A racket is at most 680 mm long and 230 mm wide overall.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.1 · recall

The handle is the part of the racket intended to be gripped.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.1.1 · recall

The head is the part that bounds the stringed area.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.1.3 · recall

The shaft joins the handle to the head, through the throat where there is one.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.1.4 · recall

The throat connects shaft and head if present; a racket may be made without one.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.1.5 · applied

The stringed area is the part with which a player is intended to hit the shuttle.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.1.2 · recall

Overall length may not exceed 680 mm; 220 mm of width is within the 230 mm limit.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.1 · applied

Read Diagram C from the grip upwards and the parts come in this sequence.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.1, Diagram C · applied

35 mm, 40 mm, 75 mm, then 230 mm.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.1, 4.2.2.1, 1.1, 1.8 · applied

The frame may not exceed 680 mm in overall length.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.1 · applied

The stringed area is flat and made of crossed strings.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.2.1 · recall

Crossed strings are either alternately interlaced or bonded where they cross.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.2.1 · recall

The stringed area may not exceed 280 mm in length and 220 mm in width.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.2.2 · recall

Strings may extend into the throat if the extension is no wider than 35 mm.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.2.2.1 · applied

With an extension, the overall length of the stringed area may reach 330 mm.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.2.2.2 · applied

Objects used solely to distribute weight are allowed when reasonable in size and placement.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.3.1 · applied

A racket must be free of any device that lets the player change its shape materially.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.3.2 · applied

35 mm, 220 mm, 280 mm, then 330 mm.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.2.2 · applied

Law 4.2.1 covers flatness and crossings, 4.2.2 the size, and 4.2.2.1-4.2.2.2 the extension.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.2 · applied

Attachments that secure the handle by cord to the player's hand are allowed.

Source: BWF Laws 2027, Law 4.3.1 · applied