Optimized thermoplastic racquet

A sports racquet extending along a longitudinal axis and configured for use with a quantity of racquet string about a string plane, the racquet comprising:

• a frame formed of a thermoplastic material, the frame including a first frame half coupled to a second frame half, the first and second halves including first and second hoop regions, and first and second handle regions, respectively, the first and second handle regions including first and second distal end sections, first and second proximal end sections and first and second central sections, respectively, the first and second proximal end sections include transversely extending end wall segments that form a butt end wall, the transverse cross-sectional area with respect to a plane perpendicular to the string plane of the coupled first and second proximal ends being greater than the transverse cross-sectional area with respect to a plane perpendicular to the string plane of the coupled first and second distal end sections.