# Rule 10 (A.A.U. Four-Wall Rules, 1923, historical)

> **Historical rulebook: not the current rules.** The current rules are here: https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/

Hitting the ceiling, floor or side walls before the front wall while serving counts as a hand out.

## Mentioned here

- [Front wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/front-wall.md)
- [Side wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/side-wall.md)
- [Ceiling](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ceiling.md)
- [Hand-out](https://handball.theperfectship.com/hand-out.md)
- [Wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/wall.md)
- [Floor](https://handball.theperfectship.com/floor.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/code-fourwall-american/10.md)

## Relationships

- Front wall relates to Ceiling: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Wall: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Floor: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Ceiling relates to Wall: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Hand-out relates to Wall: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Hand-out relates to Floor: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Wall relates to Floor: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- No link to the other terms shown: Side wall.

Rulebook: [A.A.U. Four-Wall Rules, 1923](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/aau-fourwall-1923.md)

Source: Spalding's Official Handball Guide, 1923, ed. Robert L. Ripley (Library of Congress, LCCN 23002979), pp. 69-72; also printed in the Official Handbook of the A.A.U., 1923, section LXI. Public domain.