Rule

USHA Four-Wall Abridged Rules · American four-wall

Out serve

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

Historical rulebook: not the current rules. The current rules are here (USHA Four-Wall Rulebook, as of 26 January 2025).

Any of the following results in an “out,” (server loses the serve).

Missed Serve – completely missing the ball when attempting the serve

Non-front Serve – the served ball does not strike the front wall first.

Touched Serve – any served ball on the rebound fron the front wall that touches the server.

Mentioned here

How these ideas connect in this rule

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4 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.