# Rule 5.6 Tournament conduct (USHA Four-Wall Rules, 22 January 2017, 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/

In all USHA-sanctioned tournaments, the referee is empowered to default a match if a player conducts himself/herself in a manner detrimental to the tournament or the game of handball. This includes the authority of the referee and/or tournament director to remove disruptive or abusive people, and to default a match if such individuals are not removed. Additionally, in all USHA-sanctioned tournaments, the tournament director is empowered to prohibit further participation, and/or to remove, anyone who conducts himself/herself in a manner detrimental to the event or the game of handball.

Interpretation No. 23. Coaching is allowed, however, only in a manner consistent with the behavior expected of any other spectator. Any coaching is expressly prohibited from the time the referee announces the score to the time the rally ends, and is subject to the removal and default provisions of this rule.

## A. 

Junior and collegiate players shall abide by the USHA Code of Conduct as it appears on the USHA web site, at www.ushandball.org.

## Mentioned here

- [Player](https://handball.theperfectship.com/player.md)
- [Referee](https://handball.theperfectship.com/match-referee.md)
- [Tournament director](https://handball.theperfectship.com/tournament-director.md)
- [Rally](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rally.md)
- [Forfeit / default](https://handball.theperfectship.com/forfeit.md)
- [USHA](https://handball.theperfectship.com/usha.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/code-fourwall-american/5-6.md)

## Relationships

- Player relates to Referee: mentioned together in 30 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Tournament director: mentioned together in 11 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Rally: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Forfeit / default: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Player relates to USHA: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Tournament director: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Rally: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- 6 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.

Rulebook: [USHA Four-Wall Rules, 22 January 2017](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-fourwall-2017-01-22.md)

Source: Four-Wall Rulebook (Wayback capture 20170330074330 of ushandball.org). USHA rules text, used with the USHA's written permission (letter not yet filed).