# Four-wall · Rule 4.9 Technicals · A. Types

Some examples of actions that may result in technicals are:

1) Too frequent or excessive complaints made against the referee’s judgment.

2) Abuse of appeal privileges.

3) Profanity.

4) Excessive arguing.

5) Threat of any nature to opponent or referee.

6) Excessive or hard striking, throwing or kicking of ball between rallies.

> Part 4, Rule 4.9.A.(6): Interpretation No. 22
>
> If the opponent is hit or narrowly missed by the ball, a technical should be called. On the other hand, if it is the first offense, and the opponent was in no danger of being hit, a technical warning should be issued.
>
> 7) Failure to wear eye protection properly.
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> 8) Protests lost after all timeouts have been used.
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> 9) Anything considered to be unsportsmanlike behavior.

## Mentioned here

- [Opponent](https://handball.theperfectship.com/opponent.md)
- [Referee](https://handball.theperfectship.com/match-referee.md)
- [Rally](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rally.md)
- [Time-out](https://handball.theperfectship.com/time-out.md)
- [Technical](https://handball.theperfectship.com/technical.md)
- [Warning](https://handball.theperfectship.com/warning.md)
- [Appeal](https://handball.theperfectship.com/appeal.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)
- [Eye protection](https://handball.theperfectship.com/eye-protection.md)

Source: USHA official rulebook, used with written permission — https://www.ushandball.org/