# Change of serve (side-out)

> When the serve passes to the other player or side.

From the rulebook:

>  A server continues serving until he/she or his/her side makes an out. When the server or the side loses the serve, they become the receiver or receiving side, and the receiving side becomes the serving side; and so alternately in all subsequent services of the game. Outs are made by:

— [One-wall · Rule 4.5 Changes of serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/4.5.md)

## Where it shows up

- [One-wall · Rule 3.7 Appeals](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/3.7.md): a
- [One-wall · Rule 4.1 Serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/4.1.md): e
- [One-wall · Rule 4.3 Defective serves](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/4.3.md): d
- [One-wall · Rule 4.9 Technicals](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/4.9.md): intro
- [Four-wall · Rule 3.7 Appeals](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/3.7.md): a
- [Four-wall · Rule 4.1 Serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/4.1.md): e

## Related

- [Server](https://handball.theperfectship.com/server.md)
- [Point](https://handball.theperfectship.com/point.md)
- [Doubles](https://handball.theperfectship.com/doubles.md)

## In GAA / 60×30 rules

- GAA wording: a Hand-Out is a lost serve; a Side-Out means both doubles partners have lost it (GAA rules 1.4 and 4.2.A).

## Ref questions

- [All Scoring questions (56)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/referee/scoring.md)
- [All Doubles questions (7)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/referee/doubles.md)

Rules text: United States Handball Association, used with written permission — https://www.ushandball.org/