# Under Part 4, Rule 4.3 C (3): Interpretation No. 6 (USHA Four-Wall Rules, 31 January 1999, historical)

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

USHA rules text used with permission of the U.S. Handball Association (ushandball.org); credit: U.S. Handball Association. Source: https://www.ushandball.org/

Even though the foot fault occurs before the out serve, the out serve penalty takes precedence and shall be enforced. Another example: A server foot faults when contacting the ball and the ball does not hit the front wall first. Again, the out serve penalty should be enforced. For this reason, a referee should wait until after the ball is served to call a foot fault.

In doubles, the server should not be called out if his partner intentionally catches the ball in self-defense. However, if the server's partner catches a served ball that otherwise would not have hit him, an out is the proper call.

## Mentioned here

- [Server](https://handball.theperfectship.com/server.md)
- [Partner](https://handball.theperfectship.com/partner.md)
- [Referee](https://handball.theperfectship.com/match-referee.md)
- [Serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/serve.md)
- [Fault serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/fault-serve.md)
- [Out serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/out-serve.md)
- [Foot fault](https://handball.theperfectship.com/foot-fault.md)
- [Front wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/front-wall.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)
- [Doubles](https://handball.theperfectship.com/doubles.md)
- [Wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/wall.md)

## Relationships

- Server relates to Referee: mentioned together in 7 sub-rules.
- Server relates to Serve: mentioned together in 15 sub-rules.
- Server relates to Fault serve: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Server relates to Ball: mentioned together in 13 sub-rules.
- Partner relates to Ball: mentioned together in 10 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Serve: mentioned together in 13 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Ball: mentioned together in 21 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Fault serve: mentioned together in 10 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Ball: mentioned together in 16 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Ball: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Wall: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Wall: mentioned together in 12 sub-rules.
- No link to the other terms shown: Foot fault, Out serve, Doubles.
- 29 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.

Rulebook: [USHA Four-Wall Rules, 31 January 1999](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-1999-01-31.md)

Source: The Official USHA Handball Rules, 1999 (Wayback capture 20000914195049 of cohandball.com). USHA rules text, used with the USHA's written permission (letter not yet filed).