Service box
The short version
Where the server’s partner stands in four-wall and 60×30 doubles.
From the rulebook
Lines and zones Handball courts shall be divided and marked on the floors with 2-inch wide lines. Recommended colors are white or red. The lines shall be marked as follows: 1) Short line. The short line is parallel to the front and back walls. Its outside edge is 20 feet from the front wall. 2) Service line. The service line is parallel to the short line and its outside edge is 5 feet in front of the outside edge of the short line. 3) Service zone. The service zone is the area between the outer…
— Four-wall · Rule 2.1 Courts
Related
Where it shows up
- Four-wall · Rule 2.1 Courts …ice zone is the area between the outer edges of the short and service lines. 4) Service boxes. A service box is located at each end of the service zone by lines which have o…
- Four-wall · Rule 4.2 Doubles …his/her back to the nearer side wall and with both feet on the floor within the service box until the served ball passes the short line. Violations are called “foot faults…
- Four-wall · Rule 4.3 Defective serves …ll and a side wall while the server’s partner is in a legal position within the service box, it shall be treated as a screen serve. It is also a screen when any otherwise …
Ref questions
The served ball hits the front wall then two side walls before the floor.
Answer: Fault (three-wall serve)
Front + two side walls on the fly is a three-wall serve — a fault.
The served ball hits the front wall then the ceiling before the floor.
Answer: Fault (ceiling serve)
Touching the ceiling after the front wall is a fault serve.
The served ball rebounds off the front wall and strikes the back wall on the fly.
Answer: Fault (long serve)
Carrying to the back wall untouched by the floor is a long serve — a fault.