# Short serve

> A serve that lands short of the short line.

From the rulebook:

> Fault serves The following serves are fault serves, and any two that are hit before a legal serve is executed result in an out: 1.) Foot fault. a.) The server begins the service motion with one or both feet touching the floor outside the service zone (See Rule 4.1.C ). b.) The server‘s foot touches the floor outside the service zone before the served ball passes through the plane of the back edge of the short line from the wall. c.) In doubles, when the server’s partner is not outside the side l…

— [One-wall · Rule 4.3 Defective serves](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/4.3/c.md)

## Where it shows up

- [One-wall · Rule 4.3 Defective serves](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/4.3.md): c
- [One-wall · Rule 4.8 Avoidable hinders](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/one-wall/4.8.md): f
- [Four-wall · Rule 4.3 Defective serves](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/4.3.md): c
- [Four-wall · Rule 4.8 Avoidable hinders](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/4.8.md): f
- [Four-wall · Rule 2.1-one Courts](https://handball.theperfectship.com/rules/four-wall/2.1-one.md): b

## Related

- [Short line](https://handball.theperfectship.com/short-line.md)
- [Fault serve](https://handball.theperfectship.com/fault-serve.md)

## Ref questions

- [All Serve depth questions (21)](https://handball.theperfectship.com/referee/serve-depth.md)

Rules text: United States Handball Association, used with written permission — https://www.ushandball.org/