# One-wall · Rule 4.1 Serve · D. Manner (Legal Serve)

The server must come to a complete stop in the service zone before beginning the serve. The serve is begun by bouncing the ball to the floor in the service zone, and purposely struck by either hand or fist before the ball bounces twice so that so that it contacts the wall first and on the rebound contacts the floor in the receiving zone, unless played on the fly. Refer to Rule 4.3.C & D.

## Mentioned here

- [Server](https://handball.theperfectship.com/server.md)
- [Serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/serve.md)
- [Service zone](https://handball.theperfectship.com/service-zone.md)
- [Ball](https://handball.theperfectship.com/ball.md)
- [Wall](https://handball.theperfectship.com/wall.md)
- [Floor](https://handball.theperfectship.com/floor.md)

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