# Rule 7 (Brokaw One-Wall Rules, 1916, historical)

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

If a served ball leaving the board first touches the floor on that side of the front line farthest from the board, it is "long."

## Mentioned here

- [Serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/serve.md)
- [Front wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/front-wall.md)
- [Long line](https://handball.theperfectship.com/long-line.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)
- [Floor](https://handball.theperfectship.com/floor.md)

## Relationships

- Serve relates to Front wall: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Ball: mentioned together in 13 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Floor: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Ball: mentioned together in 16 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Floor: mentioned together in 12 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Floor: mentioned together in 12 sub-rules.
- No link to the other terms shown: Long line.
- 4 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.

Rulebook: [Brokaw One-Wall Rules, 1916](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/brokaw-american-1916.md)

Source: James I. Brokaw, How to Play American Hand Ball (Spalding's Athletic Library No. 13; American Sports Publishing Company, copyright 1915; Library of Congress copy LCCN 16024697, catalogued 1916). Public domain.