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It’s part table tennis, part soccer and it’s probably going to take over the beercade in the hip part of town.

This is the first time I’m hearing of “Headis,” a strange hybrid sport created in Germany where players head a small rubber ball across a ping-pong table.

Further investigation into Headis revealed all manner of ridiculous YouTube highlights and game footage. Here’s a top-10 countdown from a tournament held this year in Saarbrucken, Germany.

I do not know the rules to Headis, but I presume you’re only allowed to use your head. I also presume players are encouraged to adopt vaguely menacing nicknames. “Lord Voldehead” and “Nosegrinder” know what I’m talking about.

The leaping forehead spike also appears a street-legal move. There are a lot of bros vigorously Flipper-ing onto tables in this game—precisely the kind of thing that would catch on rapidly in American post-grad bars.

So keep an eye out for American Headis matches starting up. If I know anything about young weekend warriors, this sport will become a mainstay at every eight-hour brunch joint in North America within six months.

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