# Rule 4.3 (USHA Three-Wall Addendum, 22 January 2017, historical)

> **Historical rulebook: not the current rules.** The current rules are here: https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-threewall-2025-01-26/

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

Printed as changes to USHA Four-Wall Rules (22 January 2017); shown here as printed (the changes only, not merged).

Under Rule 4.3 Defective Serves.

Under C. Fault Serves.

5) Long Serve. Any served ball that first hits the front wall and rebounds past the outer edge of the long line before touching the floor. During tournament play, receivers must not catch long serves that they assume to be long. Referee will award point for failure to return.

## Mentioned here

- [Receiver](https://handball.theperfectship.com/receiver.md)
- [Referee](https://handball.theperfectship.com/match-referee.md)
- [Serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/serve.md)
- [Fault serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/fault-serve.md)
- [Long serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/long-serve.md)
- [Front wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/front-wall.md)
- [Long line](https://handball.theperfectship.com/long-line.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)
- [Point](https://handball.theperfectship.com/point.md)

How this rule changed: [wording in every rulebook](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/clause-history/code-fourwall-american/4-3.md)

## Relationships

- Front wall relates to Long line: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Front wall relates to Ball: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Long line relates to Ball: mentioned together in 2 sub-rules.
- No link to the other terms shown: Receiver, Referee, Fault serve, Long serve, Serve, Point.

Rulebook: [USHA Three-Wall Addendum, 22 January 2017](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/usha-threewall-2017-01-22.md)

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