# Referee training: Rule check (page 1 of 1)

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1. **The receiver may stand anywhere behind the short/receiving line to return the serve.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Legal / correct — The receiver plays from behind the receiving line.

2. **A player may switch the hand he hits with during a rally.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Legal / correct — Handball allows either hand — you may use both.

3. **A player may strike the ball with his forearm or fist.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Illegal / incorrect — The ball must be struck with the hand/fingers, not the forearm, fist, or wrist.

4. **A player may carry or "sling" the ball on the glove.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Illegal / incorrect — A carry/double-hit is illegal — the rally is lost.

5. **A served ball that hits the front wall and then the server is an out serve.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Legal / correct — A serve striking the serving side is an out.

6. **The server may bounce the ball more than once before striking the serve.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Legal / correct — The server may take a normal drop/bounce; the 10-second clock still applies.

7. **A point can be scored by the receiving side on a normal rally.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Illegal / incorrect — In side-out scoring only the serving side scores; the receiver earns the serve.

8. **A timeout may be called after the referee announces "second serve".** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Illegal / incorrect — No timeout after the score or "second serve" is announced.

9. **A serve that hits two side walls after the front wall before the floor is legal.** (3/4-wall)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Illegal / incorrect — That is a three-wall serve — a fault.

10. **A serve that touches the ceiling after the front wall is legal.** (3/4-wall)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Illegal / incorrect — A ceiling serve is a fault.

11. **A serve may legally hit one side wall after the front wall before the floor.** (3/4-wall)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Legal / correct — Front wall + one side wall before the floor is legal.

12. **In one-wall, a serve landing outside the side line is good.** (one-wall)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Illegal / incorrect — Outside the side line is a fault/out serve.

13. **Profanity ("the F word") during a match is a technical.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Legal / correct — It draws a technical.

14. **Avoidable hinders are called only after a warning.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Illegal / incorrect — Avoidable hinders carry no warning.

15. **The referee re-calls the score after a fault serve.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Illegal / incorrect — Do not re-call after a fault — only "second serve".

16. **The referee re-calls the score after a hinder.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Legal / correct — Re-call the score after a hinder or timeout.

17. **Cramps qualify a player for an injury timeout.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Illegal / incorrect — Cramps are not injuries.

18. **Eye protection is optional for adult players.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Illegal / incorrect — Approved eyewear is required.

19. **A player may wear a wet glove as long as it does not affect the ball.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Illegal / incorrect — Gloves must be kept dry and changed if wet.

20. **Three technicals in a match forfeit the match.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Legal / correct — Three technicals = forfeit.

21. **A judgment hinder call may be appealed to the linesmen in a refereed match.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Illegal / incorrect — Judgment calls are not appealable.

22. **A served ball that bounces in the court then goes over the back wall is legal.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Legal / correct — It bounced first — legal.

23. **The server must wait for the receiver to be ready before serving.** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Legal / correct — The receiver gets up to 10 seconds to be ready.

24. **A "crotch" ball into the front-wall/floor junction that rolls out wins the rally.** (3/4-wall)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Legal / correct — A roll-out off the crotch is good — a kill.

25. **Hitting your own partner with your shot in doubles is a hinder (replay).** (both)
   - Legal / correct
   - Illegal / incorrect
   **Answer:** Legal / correct — It is treated as a dead-ball hinder if it would have gone up.

26. **The ball may be struck with one or two hands.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Either or both hands are legal.

27. **A fist or wrist strike is a legal hit.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — The ball must be hit with the hand/fingers, not the fist or wrist.

28. **The same player may hit the ball twice in one motion.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — A double-hit / carry loses the rally.

29. **A player may hit the ball after it has bounced twice.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — It must be returned before the second bounce.

30. **A return must reach the front wall before touching the floor.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Otherwise it is a skip — rally lost.

31. **The server may serve before the receiver is ready.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — The receiver gets up to 10 seconds to be ready.

32. **The score is re-called after every fault.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — Only "second serve" is announced after a fault.

33. **The score is re-called after a timeout.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Re-call after a timeout or hinder.

34. **A served ball that strikes the server’s own partner is an out serve.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — A serve hitting the serving side is an out.

35. **The receiver may volley (return on the fly) a legal serve.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — The receiver may take it on the fly behind the receiving line.

36. **The receiver may contact the serve in front of the receiving line.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — That is a point for the server.

37. **A timeout is one minute long.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Each timeout is one minute.

38. **A player may call a timeout after the score is announced.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — No timeout after the score or "second serve".

39. **A technical warning deducts a point.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — Only a technical FOUL deducts a point.

40. **Cramps qualify for an injury timeout.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — Cramps are not injuries.

41. **Approved eye protection is mandatory.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Eyewear is required.

42. **Gloves must be worn and kept dry.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Gloves are required and must be dry/unaltered.

43. **Tape or rubber bands on the glove palm are legal.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — No foreign substances on the palm.

44. **The referee’s judgment calls (hinder/avoidable) can be appealed.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — Judgment calls are not appealable.

45. **On anything the rules do not cover, the referee has final authority.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — The referee decides uncovered situations.

46. **Only the serving side can score a point.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Side-out scoring: only the server scores.

47. **A game is to 21 and a tiebreak to 11.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Standard USHA scoring.

48. **A match is best two of three games.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Best of three.

49. **Five minutes are allowed between games.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Five minutes between games.

50. **An equipment change allows two minutes.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Two minutes for equipment.

51. **Cumulative injury time is capped at 15 minutes.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — 15-minute cumulative cap.

52. **A broken ball replays the previous rally with a new ball.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Replay with a new ball.

53. **A reasonable safety hold-up is a replay (dead-ball hinder).** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Safety hold-ups replay.

54. **An avoidable hinder requires a warning first.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — No warning for avoidable hinders.

55. **A serve hitting the front wall then one side wall before the floor is legal.** (3/4-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — One side wall is fine.

56. **A serve hitting the front wall then two side walls before the floor is legal.** (3/4-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — Three-wall serve = fault.

57. **A serve that touches the ceiling after the front wall is a fault.** (3/4-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Ceiling serve fault.

58. **A serve carrying to the back wall on the fly is a fault.** (3/4-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Long serve.

59. **A serve that bounces in the court then hits the back wall is legal.** (3/4-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — It bounced first.

60. **The four-wall short line is 20 ft from the front wall.** (3/4-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Midcourt at 20 ft.

61. **The four-wall service zone is 5 ft deep.** (3/4-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Short line to service line = 5 ft.

62. **A four-wall court is 20 ft wide, 40 ft long, 20 ft high.** (3/4-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Standard dimensions.

63. **A one-wall court is 20 ft wide and 34 ft long.** (one-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — 20 × 34.

64. **The one-wall playing wall is 20 ft wide and 16 ft high.** (one-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — 20 × 16 wall.

65. **The one-wall short line is 16 ft from the wall.** (one-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Short line at 16 ft.

66. **In one-wall a serve landing outside the side line is good.** (one-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — Out — a fault serve.

67. **In one-wall there is no ceiling or back-wall serve fault.** (one-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — No ceiling/back wall in one-wall.

68. **A "crotch" roll-out at the front wall/floor is a winner if it rolls out.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — A roll-out kill is good.

69. **When unsure on a kill with no linesmen, call a replay.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Replay when genuinely unsure.

70. **The referee should position to share the receiver’s view when judging a screen.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Line up with the receiver to judge screens.

71. **When in doubt on whether a serve screened the receiver, call a screen.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — When unsure, call the screen.

72. **The referee should talk to players as much as possible during a match.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — Be almost invisible — minimal talk.

73. **The referee keeps the official score, and the scoreboard is secondary.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — The referee’s count is official.

74. **A "let" / replay results in the same server serving again.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — A replay re-serves with no change.

75. **A point is awarded to the receiver on a server’s avoidable hinder.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — Server’s avoidable hinder = side-out, not a receiver point.

76. **The first server of the match in singles is decided by a coin toss/lag.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Toss decides serve/receive choice.

77. **The winner of the toss must choose to serve.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — They may choose serve OR receive.

78. **In game two, the choice of serve/receive goes to the other player/team.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Game two choice flips.

79. **A ball that breaks during a rally voids that rally (replay with a new ball).** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Broken ball = replay.

80. **A player may leave the court during a game without permission.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — Leaving without permission can forfeit the match.

81. **A spectator interfering with play causes a replay.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Outside interference = replay (court hinder).

82. **A served ball that hits the line is treated as good (in).** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — A ball touching the line is good.

83. **The server must start with both feet, including the heel, fully behind the back edge of the service zone.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — The server serves from WITHIN the service zone (not behind it).

84. **A player may play the ball off the back wall to make a return in four-wall.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Back-wall play is legal in four-wall.

85. **There is no back-wall play in one-wall.** (3/4-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — One-wall has only the front wall.

86. **The non-serving player(s) may stand anywhere that does not interfere before the serve.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — Receivers must be behind the receiving line; doubles partner stays in the box.

87. **A wrong-handed (illegal) hit such as using the body counts as a good return.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — Only a legal hand strike returns the ball.

88. **A "fault" and an "out serve" are the same thing.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — A fault needs two to lose serve; an out serve loses it immediately.

89. **After a side-out, the previous receiver becomes the server.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Serve passes on a side-out.

90. **A timeout that exceeds one minute may draw a technical if play does not resume.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Delay beyond the allotted time is penalized.

91. **A player may request a re-call of the score before serving if unsure.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — The server may ask the referee to re-state the score.

92. **The referee announces "side-out" then the new server’s score before the next serve.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Call side-out, then the new score.

93. **An "ace" is a legal serve the receiver fails to return.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — An unreturned legal serve is an ace (a point).

94. **Intentionally delaying to disrupt the opponent is a technical.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Stalling/delay can draw a technical.

95. **A player’s loose, distracting clothing can be ordered changed.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — The referee may require non-distracting attire.

96. **In doubles both partners must wear eyewear.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Eyewear applies to all players.

97. **A "crotch" serve into the front-wall/floor line is automatically a fault.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** False / illegal — If it caroms up legally it can be good; if it skips, it is short/out.

98. **A returned ball may hit the side wall(s) and ceiling before the front wall in four-wall.** (both)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — During a rally any wall/ceiling order is fine as long as it reaches the front wall before bouncing.

99. **In one-wall, a return must hit the wall before the second bounce on the floor.** (one-wall)
   - True / legal
   - False / illegal
   **Answer:** True / legal — Same two-bounce rule applies.