The original Swiss sport has its Lionel Messi: CNN calls Hornussen a “dangerous cross between golf and baseball”

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“Welcome to the dangerous Swiss golf-baseball hybrid you’ve never heard of” – this is the title used by the international news channel CNN to report on the Swiss sport Hornussen, which is also known by “people from other countries” as “peasant wave”.

Sending projectiles through the air at a speed of 322 kilometers per hour and then having to seek protection and duck is just Hornussen.

“Described as a cross between baseball and golf,” explains CNN, “in Hornussen, two teams of eighteen take turns facing the ‘Nuoss’ or ‘Hornuss,’ a puck known for its buzzing sound as it passes through the air whistles. is named after hornets.”

“Forerunner of the modern incarnation of golf”

Hornussen is more like golf than baseball. “Some even argue,” readers learn, “that Hornussen is a forerunner of the modern incarnation of golf.”

“But while in golf only failure can pose a danger to others, in Hornussen, endangering yourself is an essential part of the game.”

“The Lionel Messi of Hornussen”

Originating in the Emmental in Bern in the middle of the 17th century and actually always remaining there, Hornussen does not require an athletic build.

“We have some big guys, but we also have little guys,” says Michael Kummer, manufacturer of Hornussen, top racket and vice president of Swiss champion Hornusser Höchstetten.

A teammate of relatively small stature was the league’s top scorer during the last championship. “He’s a little boy,” Kummer says. «He is one of the smallest in our team. He is the Lionel Messi of Hornussen.” (kes)

Source: Blick