USHA Four-Wall Rules · American four-wall
Rule 1.3 Objective
HistoricalUSHA Four-Wall Rules, 26 January 2024 (historical)
USHA rules text used with permission of the U.S. Handball Association (ushandball.org); credit: U.S. Handball Association. Source: ushandball.org
The objective is to win each rally by serving or returning the ball so the opponent is unable to keep the ball in play. A rally is won when one player is unable to return the opponent’s shot to the front wall before it touches the floor twice, or when a player returns the ball so that it hits the floor before striking the front wall.
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How these ideas connect in this rule
- Actor
- Action
- Place
- Thing
- related term
- mentioned together in sub-rules (×number)
- Player relates to Opponent: mentioned together in 13 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Rally: mentioned together in 12 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Ball: mentioned together in 25 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Floor: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Opponent relates to Ball: mentioned together in 13 sub-rules.
- Rally relates to Ball: mentioned together in 10 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Wall: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Floor: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
No link to the other terms shown: Front wall. 12 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.