VIDEO: Predators' Josi plays Hornussen, an indigenous Swiss hybrid of golf and baseball

On Friday, Swiss-born Nashville Predators defender Roman Josi posted a curious video of on Instagram. In the video Josi is playing an indigenous Swiss sport called Hornussen.

You can watch him shoot a puck called a "Nouss," off of a "Bock" from the "launcher base area." Yep, this sport is not like anything you've ever seen (though Wikipedia describes it as a kind of golf/baseball hybrid):

Here are the rules of the sport, which sounds kind of amazing:

The Hornussen's field is divided into two camps, separated by a 100 meters dead zone called the “Eschenlatte”. There is the launcher base and the marked-off playing field. The marked-off playing field starts at a width of 8 meters and widens to 14 meters [Note: 1 meter = 1.09 yard]. It is subdivided into 20 units. Each unit is 10 meters deep and is numbered from 1 to 20. 
Two symmetrical curved ramps called “Bock”, and designed for left handed and right handed players, are located in the launcher base area. They are made of light metal with a running edge of steel. The tips are chrome plated. In front of the ramps is a slide made of nylon. 
A puck size projectile, called a “Nouss”, is positioned at the tip of the ramp and held in place with a wad of clay. In the past, the Nouss was carved out of stone or bone. Since 1973 the Nouss is made of synthetic material and weighs 78 grams [2.75 oz]. 
At the tip of the striking whip is a piece of wood called a "Träf". It is made of maple tree wood. Wood slats from 2", 4" up to 6” sizes are compressed under 90 ton. After compression, the Träf is cured in an oven at 200 deg.C for 20min. Once cooled down, the Träf is then machined to its final cylindrical shape.
In the beginning of Hornussen, the 260 cm [102 inches] long flexible whip was made out of wood, metal or fiberglass. Since 1990 it is made of carbon fiber. 
The striker swings the whip and hits the Nouss to send it to the field at a speed of up to 200 miles per hour. With a good hit, the Nouss can reach a height of 50 meters over ground. There is penalization for foul hits.The catch boards "Schindel" are made of wood or synthetic material and weigh approximately 4kg [8.8 lbs]. The board is trapezoidal, 22” wide near the handle and 25” at the upper end.
A game of Hornussen is played in four [4] quarters opposing two [2] teams of 18 players each. The visiting team starts in the playing field while the home team strikes the Nouss. Each player of a team hits two [2] Nouss.
The defending team must first spot the flying Nouss, then intercepting it by throwing their catch board into the air before the Nouss hits the ground. The score is marked by the field unit number in which the Nouss falls. As an example, if a striker hits the 250 meters marker, he scores 15 points toward his opponent, like a soccer player would by marking a goal. If he hits 300 meters, he then scores 20 points. The outfielders receive penalization points, called “Numeros” for every Nouss they fail to intercept.In the second quarter of the game, the home team plays in the outfield and the visiting team strikes. The teams alternate camps in each quarter. At the end of the game the winner is the team with the fewer points. If the game is a tie, one compares the sums of the total strike lengths. The team with the lower sum wins.