# Rule 2 Server and receiver (Y.M.C.A. Four-Wall Rules, May 1915, historical)

> **Historical rulebook: not the current rules.** The current rules are here: https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/

The player serving the ball shall be termed the server, and the player to whom the ball is served the receiver.

## Mentioned here

- [Server](https://handball.theperfectship.com/server.md)
- [Receiver](https://handball.theperfectship.com/receiver.md)
- [Player](https://handball.theperfectship.com/player.md)
- [Serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/serve.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)

## Relationships

- Server relates to Receiver: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Server relates to Player: mentioned together in 3 sub-rules.
- Server relates to Serve: mentioned together in 4 sub-rules.
- Server relates to Ball: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Player relates to Ball: mentioned together in 5 sub-rules.
- Serve relates to Ball: mentioned together in 6 sub-rules.
- 4 weaker links (terms mentioned together in few sub-rules) are not drawn.

Rulebook: [Y.M.C.A. Four-Wall Rules, May 1915](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rulebooks/ymca-fourwall-1915.md)

Source: "Hand Ball Rules", 'FOUR WALL COURT', 'Adopted by Physical Directors' Society, Asilomar, Cal., May, 1915', in the Official Handbook of the Athletic League of the Young Men's Christian Association of North America (New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1915), pp. 181-184 (Internet Archive officialhandbook06athl, Library of Congress copy). Public domain.