To most people, the words Swiss sport and Emmental might trigger thoughts of Roger Federer eating cheese.
Yet to those familiar with the sprawling countryside and farmlands of the Swiss heartland region where the cheese originated, there’s been a traditional game synonymous with the area for centuries. Sending projectiles hurtling through the air at 200 miles per hour, all rise – and then duck – for Hornussen.
“It’s really dangerous if you don’t see the Nouss or if one hits the bat and, two meters before the face, the Nouss changes direction,” Kummer explained. “If it goes in the eyes or around the head it’s really dangerous.” ‘The Lionel Messi of Hornussen’ Originating in the mid-17th century in the Emmental valley and, barring brief forays into neighboring Germany, Hornussen has never left Switzerland, with few teams existing outside the west-central canton of Bern.
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