# Rule 13 (A.A.U. One-Wall Rules, 20 November 1922, historical)

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

The receiver cannot play a short nor a long ball. The server or his partner may stop a short ball after it touches the floor and before it has been touched by the opposing side.

## Mentioned here

- [Server](https://handball.theperfectship.com/server.md)
- [Receiver](https://handball.theperfectship.com/receiver.md)
- [Partner](https://handball.theperfectship.com/partner.md)
- [Short serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/short-serve.md)
- [Long serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/long-serve.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)
- [Floor](https://handball.theperfectship.com/floor.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/code-onewall-smallball/13.md)

## Relationships

- Server relates to Receiver: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Server relates to Long serve: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Server relates to Ball: mentioned together in 7 sub-rules.
- Server relates to Floor: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Receiver relates to Ball: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Partner relates to Ball: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Long serve relates to Ball: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Floor: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- No link to the other terms shown: Short serve.
- 3 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.

Rulebook: [A.A.U. One-Wall Rules, 20 November 1922](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/aau-onewall-1923.md)

Source: Spalding's Official Handball Guide, 1923 (Library of Congress, LCCN 23002979). Public domain.