Handball

Clause history · American one-wall, small ball

Rule 1.1 Types of games: how the wording changed

49 rulebooks state this rule, from 20 June 1990 to 30 October 2026. The wording was reworded or changed 4 times.

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Rulebook by rulebook

The table has one row per rulebook; each date jumps to its wording below.

Every rulebook this rule appears in, in date order, with the kinds of change found
DateRulebookClauses, by kind of change
20 June 1990USHA Four-Wall Rules, 20 June 19902 first recorded
14 October 1994USHA One-Wall Rules, 14 October 19942 first recorded
31 January 1999USHA Four-Wall Rules, 31 January 19992 unchanged
31 January 1999American four-wall, 31 January 19992 unchanged
2000USHA One-Wall Rules, 20001 unchanged, 1 reworded
9 March 2001USHA One-Wall Rules, March 20012 unchanged
7 October 2001USHA One-Wall Rules, 7 October 20012 unchanged
8 April 2002USHA One-Wall Rules, 8 April 20022 unchanged
20 August 2002USHA One-Wall Rules, 20 August 20022 unchanged
19 January 2005USHA Three-Wall Addendum, December 20042 unchanged
1 April 2005USHA One-Wall Rules, 1 April 20051 unchanged, 1 punctuation only
15 April 2005USHA Four-Wall Rules, 16 January 20052 unchanged
June 2006USHA Four-Wall Rule Changes, June 20062 unchanged
June 2006American one-wall, small ball, June 20062 unchanged
June 2006USHA One-Wall Rules, June 20062 unchanged
May 2007USHA Four-Wall Rule Changes, May 20072 unchanged
13 October 2007American three-wall, 13 October 20072 unchanged
June 2008USHA One-Wall Rules, June 20082 unchanged
2012USHA Four-Wall Rules, 20122 unchanged
2014USHA Four-Wall Rules, 20142 unchanged
January 2014USHA One-Wall Rules, January 20141 unchanged, 1 punctuation only
6 February 2015USHA Four-Wall Rules, 6 February 20152 unchanged
6 February 2015USHA One-Wall Addendum, 6 February 20151 unchanged, 1 changed
6 February 2015USHA Three-Wall Addendum, 6 February 20152 unchanged
22 January 2017USHA Four-Wall Rules, 22 January 20172 unchanged
22 January 2017USHA One-Wall Addendum, 22 January 20172 unchanged
22 January 2017USHA Three-Wall Addendum, 22 January 20172 unchanged
27 January 2019USHA Four-Wall Rules, 27 January 20192 unchanged
27 January 2019USHA One-Wall Rules, 27 January 20191 unchanged, 1 changed
12 July 2019American four-wall, 12 July 20192 unchanged
12 July 2019American one-wall, small ball, 12 July 20192 unchanged
26 January 2020USHA Four-Wall Rules, 26 January 20202 unchanged
26 January 2020USHA One-Wall Rules, 26 January 20202 unchanged
20 September 2020USHA One-Wall Rules, September 20202 unchanged
21 September 2020USHA Four-Wall Rules, September 20202 unchanged
22 January 2021USHA Four-Wall Rules, 22 January 20212 unchanged
22 January 2021USHA One-Wall Rules, 22 January 20212 unchanged
9 December 2021USHA Four-Wall Rules, December 20212 unchanged
23 January 2022USHA Four-Wall Rules, 23 January 20222 unchanged
23 January 2022USHA One-Wall Rules, 23 January 20222 unchanged
27 November 2022American four-wall, 27 November 20222 unchanged
17 January 2024American four-wall, 17 January 20242 unchanged
26 January 2024USHA Four-Wall Rules, 26 January 20242 unchanged
26 January 2024USHA One-Wall Rules, 26 January 20242 unchanged
17 July 2024American one-wall, small ball, 17 July 20242 unchanged
26 January 2025USHA Four-Wall Rulebook, 26 January 20252 unchanged
26 January 2025USHA One-Wall Rulebook, 26 January 20252 unchanged
26 January 2025USHA Three-Wall Addendum, 26 January 20252 unchanged
30 October 2026USHA Four-Wall Abridged Rules, May 20101 reworded

The wording

Each part of the rule is followed on its own, oldest rulebook first. Rulebooks of other codes that borrowed the wording appear in their place by date.

Rule 1.1, part 1 of 2

Begins: “Four-wall handball may be played by two, three or…”

  1. 20 June 1990 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    First recorded automatic

    Four-wall handball may be played by two, three or four players.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached.

    • New here "Cutthroat" is not an official tournament game.
    • New here It is a game devised for use in practice with three players.
    • New here There are a number of ways to play cutthroat, and the rules for singles should apply to the player playing without a partner, just as the rules for doubles should apply to two players playing as a team.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  2. 14 October 1994 USHA One-Wall Rules

    First recorded automatic

    Handball may be played by two, three or four players.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached.

    • New here "Cutthroat" is not an official tournament game.
    • New here It is a game devised for use in practice with three players.
    • New here There are a number of ways to play cutthroat, and the rules for singles should apply to the player playing without a partner, just as the rules for doubles should apply to two players playing as a team.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  3. 31 January 1999 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 20 June 1990.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  4. 31 January 1999 American four-wall (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 20 June 1990.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

  5. 2000 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Reworded machine-reviewed

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 14 October 1994.

    Handball One-wall handball may be played by two, three or four players.

    2 words added, 1 removed.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  6. 4 more rulebooks with the same words
    • 9 March 2001 USHA One-Wall Rules Unchanged automatic Read the rule
    • 7 October 2001 USHA One-Wall Rules Unchanged automatic Read the rule
    • 8 April 2002 USHA One-Wall Rules Unchanged automatic Read the rule
    • 20 August 2002 USHA One-Wall Rules Unchanged automatic Read the rule

  7. 19 January 2005 USHA Three-Wall Addendum (American three-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American four-wall, 31 January 1999.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

  8. 1 April 2005 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 20 August 2002.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1:
    • New here "Cutthroat" is not an official tournament game.
    • New here It is a game devised for use in practice with three players.
    • New here There are a number of ways to play cutthroat, and the rules for singles should apply to the player playing without a partner, just as the rules for doubles should apply to two players playing as a team.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  9. 15 April 2005 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American four-wall, 31 January 1999.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1:

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  10. June 2006 USHA Four-Wall Rule Changes (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 16 January 2005.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

  11. June 2006 American one-wall, small ball

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 1 April 2005.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

  12. June 2006 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 1 April 2005.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  13. May 2007 USHA Four-Wall Rule Changes (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rule Changes, June 2006.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

  14. 13 October 2007 American three-wall (American three-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American four-wall, 31 January 1999.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1:

  15. June 2008 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, June 2006.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  16. 2012 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rule Changes, May 2007.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged; 1 earlier one no longer attached.

    • New here “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  17. 2014 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 2012.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  18. January 2014 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, June 2008.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  19. 6 February 2015 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 2014.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  20. 6 February 2015 USHA One-Wall Addendum

    Changed machine-reviewed

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, January 2014.

    One-wall Four-wall handball may be played by two, three or four players.

    1 word added, 1 removed.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged; 1 earlier one no longer attached.

    • New here “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game.

  21. 6 February 2015 USHA Three-Wall Addendum (American three-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Three-Wall Addendum, December 2004.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 2 carried over unchanged; 1 earlier one no longer attached.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1:
    • New here “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game.

  22. 22 January 2017 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 6 February 2015.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 2 carried over unchanged; 2 earlier ones no longer attached.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1: “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  23. 22 January 2017 USHA One-Wall Addendum

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Addendum, 6 February 2015.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 2 carried over unchanged; 2 earlier ones no longer attached.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1: “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game.

  24. 22 January 2017 USHA Three-Wall Addendum (American three-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Three-Wall Addendum, 6 February 2015.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 2 carried over unchanged; 2 earlier ones no longer attached.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1: “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game.

  25. 27 January 2019 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 22 January 2017.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  26. 27 January 2019 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Changed machine-reviewed

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Addendum, 22 January 2017.

    Four-wall One-wall handball may be played by two, three or four players.

    1 word added, 1 removed.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 2 carried over unchanged; 1 earlier one no longer attached.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1:
    • New here “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  27. 12 July 2019 American four-wall (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 27 January 2019.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

  28. 12 July 2019 American one-wall, small ball

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 27 January 2019.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

  29. 26 January 2020 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American four-wall, 12 July 2019.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  30. 26 January 2020 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American one-wall, small ball, 12 July 2019.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  31. 20 September 2020 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 26 January 2020.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  32. 21 September 2020 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 26 January 2020.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  33. 22 January 2021 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, September 2020.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  34. 22 January 2021 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, September 2020.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  35. 9 December 2021 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 22 January 2021.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  36. 23 January 2022 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, December 2021.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  37. 23 January 2022 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 22 January 2021.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  38. 27 November 2022 American four-wall (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 23 January 2022.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

  39. 17 January 2024 American four-wall (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American four-wall, 27 November 2022.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

  40. 26 January 2024 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American four-wall, 17 January 2024.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  41. 26 January 2024 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 23 January 2022.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  42. 17 July 2024 American one-wall, small ball

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 26 January 2024.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

  43. 26 January 2025 USHA Four-Wall Rulebook (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 26 January 2024.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  44. 26 January 2025 USHA One-Wall Rulebook

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American one-wall, small ball, 17 July 2024.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  45. 26 January 2025 USHA Three-Wall Addendum (American three-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Three-Wall Addendum, 22 January 2017.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

  46. 30 October 2026 USHA Four-Wall Abridged Rules (American four-wall (USHA-ABRIDGED side line))

    Reworded machine-reviewed

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 16 January 2005.

    Four-wall handball may Handball can be played by two, two (singles), three (cutthroat) or four (doubles) players.

    6 words added, 4 removed.

Rule 1.1, part 2 of 2

Begins: “When played by two, it is called singles; when…”

  1. 20 June 1990 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    First recorded automatic

    When played by two, it is called singles; when played by three, cutthroat (See Interpretation No.1); and when played by four, doubles.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached.

    • New here "Cutthroat" is not an official tournament game.
    • New here It is a game devised for use in practice with three players.
    • New here There are a number of ways to play cutthroat, and the rules for singles should apply to the player playing without a partner, just as the rules for doubles should apply to two players playing as a team.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  2. 14 October 1994 USHA One-Wall Rules

    First recorded automatic

    When played by two, it is called singles; when played by three, cutthroat (See Interpretation No. 1); and when played by four, doubles.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached.

    • New here "Cutthroat" is not an official tournament game.
    • New here It is a game devised for use in practice with three players.
    • New here There are a number of ways to play cutthroat, and the rules for singles should apply to the player playing without a partner, just as the rules for doubles should apply to two players playing as a team.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  3. 31 January 1999 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 20 June 1990.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  4. 31 January 1999 American four-wall (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 20 June 1990.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

  5. 5 more rulebooks with the same words
    • 2000 USHA One-Wall Rules Unchanged automatic Same words as USHA One-Wall Rules, 14 October 1994. Read the rule
    • 9 March 2001 USHA One-Wall Rules Unchanged automatic Read the rule
    • 7 October 2001 USHA One-Wall Rules Unchanged automatic Read the rule
    • 8 April 2002 USHA One-Wall Rules Unchanged automatic Read the rule
    • 20 August 2002 USHA One-Wall Rules Unchanged automatic Read the rule

  6. 19 January 2005 USHA Three-Wall Addendum (American three-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American four-wall, 31 January 1999.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

  7. 1 April 2005 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Punctuation only automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 20 August 2002.

    When played by two, it is called singles; when played by three, cutthroat (See ( See Interpretation No. 1); No.1 ); and when played by four, doubles.

    4 words added, 3 removed.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1:
    • New here "Cutthroat" is not an official tournament game.
    • New here It is a game devised for use in practice with three players.
    • New here There are a number of ways to play cutthroat, and the rules for singles should apply to the player playing without a partner, just as the rules for doubles should apply to two players playing as a team.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  8. 15 April 2005 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American four-wall, 31 January 1999.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1:

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  9. June 2006 USHA Four-Wall Rule Changes (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 16 January 2005.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

  10. June 2006 American one-wall, small ball

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 1 April 2005.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

  11. June 2006 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 1 April 2005.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  12. May 2007 USHA Four-Wall Rule Changes (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rule Changes, June 2006.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

  13. 13 October 2007 American three-wall (American three-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American four-wall, 31 January 1999.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1:

  14. June 2008 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, June 2006.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  15. 2012 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rule Changes, May 2007.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged; 1 earlier one no longer attached.

    • New here “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  16. 2014 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 2012.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  17. January 2014 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Punctuation only automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, June 2008.

    When played by two, it is called singles; when played by three, cutthroat ( See (See Interpretation No.1 ); No.1); and when played by four, doubles.

    2 words added, 4 removed.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  18. 6 February 2015 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 2014.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  19. 6 February 2015 USHA One-Wall Addendum

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, January 2014.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged; 1 earlier one no longer attached.

    • New here “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game.

  20. 6 February 2015 USHA Three-Wall Addendum (American three-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Three-Wall Addendum, December 2004.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 2 carried over unchanged; 1 earlier one no longer attached.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1:
    • New here “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game.

  21. 22 January 2017 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 6 February 2015.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 2 carried over unchanged; 2 earlier ones no longer attached.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1: “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  22. 22 January 2017 USHA One-Wall Addendum

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Addendum, 6 February 2015.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 2 carried over unchanged; 2 earlier ones no longer attached.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1: “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game.

  23. 22 January 2017 USHA Three-Wall Addendum (American three-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Three-Wall Addendum, 6 February 2015.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 2 carried over unchanged; 2 earlier ones no longer attached.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1: “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game.

  24. 27 January 2019 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 22 January 2017.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

    Read this rule in the rulebook

  25. 27 January 2019 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Addendum, 22 January 2017.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 2 carried over unchanged; 1 earlier one no longer attached.

    • New here Part 1, Rule 1.1: Interpretation No. 1:
    • New here “Cutthroat” is not an official tournament game.

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  26. 12 July 2019 American four-wall (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 27 January 2019.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

  27. 12 July 2019 American one-wall, small ball

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 27 January 2019.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

  28. 26 January 2020 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American four-wall, 12 July 2019.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

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  29. 26 January 2020 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American one-wall, small ball, 12 July 2019.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

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  30. 20 September 2020 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 26 January 2020.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

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  31. 21 September 2020 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 26 January 2020.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

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  32. 22 January 2021 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, September 2020.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

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  33. 22 January 2021 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, September 2020.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

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  34. 9 December 2021 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 22 January 2021.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

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  35. 23 January 2022 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, December 2021.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

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  36. 23 January 2022 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 22 January 2021.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

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  37. 27 November 2022 American four-wall (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 23 January 2022.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

  38. 17 January 2024 American four-wall (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American four-wall, 27 November 2022.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

  39. 26 January 2024 USHA Four-Wall Rules (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American four-wall, 17 January 2024.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

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  40. 26 January 2024 USHA One-Wall Rules

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 23 January 2022.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

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  41. 17 July 2024 American one-wall, small ball

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA One-Wall Rules, 26 January 2024.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

  42. 26 January 2025 USHA Four-Wall Rulebook (American four-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Four-Wall Rules, 26 January 2024.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

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  43. 26 January 2025 USHA One-Wall Rulebook

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with American one-wall, small ball, 17 July 2024.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    4 interpretations attached; 4 carried over unchanged.

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  44. 26 January 2025 USHA Three-Wall Addendum (American three-wall)

    Unchanged automatic

    Compared with USHA Three-Wall Addendum, 22 January 2017.

    Same words as the rulebook it was compared with. Nothing to mark.

    Interpretations

    3 interpretations attached; 3 carried over unchanged.

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