# Floor

> The court floor, where the lines are marked and the ball bounces; a ball that bounces twice on it before being returned ends the rally.

From the rulebook:

> Dimensions Drawings of standard one-wall courts and their surroundings are on file with the U.S.H.A. on www.ushandball.org. The dimensions of a standard one-wall handball court are: 1) Wall. The wall shall be 20 feet wide (from the outside edge of one side line to the outside edge of the other side line) and 16 feet high including any top line. Courts should be numbered 2) Floor. The floor shall be 20 feet wide from the outside edges of the sidelines. It shall be 34 feet from the wall to the bac…

— [One-wall · Rule 2.1 Courts](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/2.1/a.md)

## Where it shows up

- [One-wall · Rule 2.1 Courts](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/2.1.md): a, b
- [One-wall · Rule 2.2 Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/2.2.md): b
- [One-wall · Rule 2.3 Gloves](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/2.3.md): a
- [One-wall · Rule 2.4 Uniform](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/2.4.md): a, e, f
- [One-wall · Rule 3.6 Line judges](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/3.6.md): b
- [One-wall · Rule 4.1 Serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/4.1.md): c, d
- [One-wall · Rule 4.4 Return of Serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/4.4.md): c
- [One-wall · Rule 4.6 Rally](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/4.6.md): d, f, g
- [One-wall · Rule 4.7 Dead-ball Hinders](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/4.7.md): a
- [One-wall · Rule 4.10 Timeouts](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/4.10.md): b
- [Four-wall · Rule 1.3 Objective](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/1.3.md): intro
- [Four-wall · Rule 2.1 Courts](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/2.1.md): b
- [Four-wall · Rule 2.2 Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/2.2.md): b
- [Four-wall · Rule 2.4 Uniform](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/2.4.md): a, e, f
- [Four-wall · Rule 4.1 Serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/4.1.md): c, d
- [Four-wall · Rule 4.2 Doubles](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/4.2.md): b
- [Four-wall · Rule 4.4 Return of Serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/4.4.md): c
- [Four-wall · Rule 4.7 Dead-ball Hinders](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/4.7.md): a
- [Four-wall · Rule 4.10 Timeouts](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/4.10.md): b
- [Four-wall · Rule 2.1-three Courts](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/2.1-three.md): b
- [Four-wall · Rule 2.1-one Courts](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/2.1-one.md): a, b, d

## Related

- [Court](https://handball.theperfectship.com/court.md)
- [Short line](https://handball.theperfectship.com/short-line.md)
- [Long line](https://handball.theperfectship.com/long-line.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)
- [Rally](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rally.md)

## Ref questions

- [All Court questions (17)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/referee/court.md)

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