USHA One-Wall Rules · American one-wall, small ball
Rule 2.3 Gloves
HistoricalUSHA One-Wall Rules, January 2014 (historical)
USHA rules text used with permission of the U.S. Handball Association (ushandball.org); credit: U.S. Handball Association. Source: ushandball.org
General
Gloves must be worn to keep the ball dry.
1.) Big ball. Exclusively in big ball matches, gloves are optional. However, players must have access to gloves. They will not be required to wear them unless the referee deems it necessary to help keep the floor and/or the ball from getting wet.
Style
Gloves must be light in color on the usual hitting surfaces and made of a soft material or leather. Gloves must be full-fingered and the fingers may not be webbed, connected or removed. Any gloves which provide an unfair advantage are not allowed, and must be replaced at the referee’s direction.
Foreign substances
No foreign substance, tape, or rubber bands shall be used on the fingers or on the palms on the outside of the gloves (or bare hand). Metal or hard substances may not be worn under the glove if, in the opinion of the referee, such creates an unfair advantage.
Interpretation
A player should be allowed to protect a bone bruise on the hand. If some kind of thin bandaging material is not sufficient, the player should be allowed to use a coin or some other type of hard material, so long as the referee does not believe it creates an unfair advantage, in which case the material would be disallowed. Any such protection must be worn under the glove and must be approved by the referee before play begins.
Wet Gloves
Gloves must be changed when they become sufficiently wet to moisten the ball. This is the referee's decision. Gloves with holes that expose the skin may not be worn. It is the player's responsibility to have an ample supply of dry gloves.
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How these ideas connect in this rule
- Actor
- Thing
- related term
- mentioned together in sub-rules (×number)
- Player relates to Referee: mentioned together in 32 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Ball: mentioned together in 29 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Gloves: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Floor: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Ball: mentioned together in 20 sub-rules.
- Ball relates to Floor: mentioned together in 12 sub-rules.
4 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.