To provide a string protection material, realizing the high vibration damping performance and reduction of weight of a racket while maintaining enough strength, and to improve the degree of freedom for designing the racket by the string protective material.

This string protection material 20 includes a cylindrical part 21 for inserting a string S, and a base part 22 projected on the cylindrical part 21. At least a part of the cylindrical part is formed of plastic material blended with micro hollow powder, and preferably the true density of the protective material itself ranges from 0.7 to 1.0g/cm3, both inclusive.