1885 ‘Cavendish’ (ed. 6) 23 The striker should stand..with the racket across his body, the racket head being supported.
1986 6 Jan. 2 b/2 [In this exercise] players only have to concentrate on the raquet head and not generate raquet-head speed.
2011 S. Hickey xv. 141 About every ten strokes, the shuttlecock got stuck in the racket head.