USHA Four-Wall Rules · American four-wall
Rule 1.4 Points and outs
HistoricalUSHA Four-Wall Rules, 20 June 1990 (historical)
USHA rules text used with permission of the U.S. Handball Association (ushandball.org); credit: U.S. Handball Association. Source: ushandball.org
Points are scored only by the serving side when it serves an ace (unreturnable serve) or wins a rally. When the serving side loses one rally in singles or two rallies in doubles, it loses the serve. Losing the serve is called an "out".
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How these ideas connect in this rule
- Action
- Concept
- related term
- mentioned together in sub-rules (×number)
- Serve relates to Rally: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Point: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Doubles: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Rally relates to Point: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Rally relates to Doubles: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- Singles relates to Doubles: mentioned together in 7 sub-rules.
No link to the other terms shown: Ace.