# Rule 8 (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 server must serve the ball so that it will first strike the board and bounce from the board inside of the square formed by the two side lines, the short line and the rear line.

## Mentioned here

- [Server](https://handball.theperfectship.com/server.md)
- [Serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/serve.md)
- [Front wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/front-wall.md)
- [Short line](https://handball.theperfectship.com/short-line.md)
- [Long line](https://handball.theperfectship.com/long-line.md)
- [Side lines](https://handball.theperfectship.com/side-lines.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/code-onewall-smallball/8.md)

## Relationships

- Server relates to Long line: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Server relates to Side lines: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Server relates to Ball: mentioned together in 7 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Ball: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Ball: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Long line relates to Side lines: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Long line relates to Ball: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Side lines relates to Ball: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- No link to the other terms shown: Short line.
- 9 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.