USHA One-Wall Rules · American one-wall, small ball
Rule 5.6 Tournament conduct
HistoricalUSHA One-Wall Rules, 23 January 2022 (historical)
USHA rules text used with permission of the U.S. Handball Association (ushandball.org); credit: U.S. Handball Association. Source: 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 distractive 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.
Part 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.
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How these ideas connect in this rule
- Actor
- Action
- Concept
- related term
- mentioned together in sub-rules (×number)
- Player relates to Referee: mentioned together in 30 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Tournament director: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Rally: mentioned together in 11 sub-rules.
- Player relates to USHA: mentioned together in 9 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Tournament director: mentioned together in 8 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to Rally: mentioned together in 10 sub-rules.
- Referee relates to USHA: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
No link to the other terms shown: Forfeit / default. 6 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.