Racket frame

An improved racket frame having a head portion, a grip portion, and a shaft portion located between said head portion and said grip portion, said racket frame comprising an outer shell made by compression molding a plurality of first fiber fabric sheets preimpregnated in thermosetting resin, said outer shell comprising:

• at least one shock-absorbing portion disposed at a bordering portion of said grip portion and said shaft portion in a direction toward said head portion so that its shock-absorbing portion is fitted into a tubular bridging of plastic material at a time when said outer shell has not been cured to form, and is further provided with a first reinforcing means and a second reinforcing means made respectively from a plurality of second fiber fabric sheets preimpregnated in a thermosetting resin and made up of fibers arranged in a predetermined orientation, said first reinforcing means covering a surface of one end of said bridging and a surface of said outer shell adjacent to said one end of said bridging while said second reinforcing means covers a surface of another end of said bridging and the surface of said outer shell adjacent to said another end of said bridging at the time when said first reinforcing means and said second reinforcing means have not cured to form to ensure that both ends of said bridging are secured in place between said shock-absorbing portion and said first and second reinforcing means upon completion of the curing of said first and second reinforcing means.