What is this cup craze?
Your son or daughter is scouring the cupboards for matching cups of any shape or size. Next thing you know, they're stacking them in pyramids, then trying to unstack them at an unusually high rate of speed. You discover they are sport stacking with Speed Stacks in school or at church or camp or at a friend's house. And you scratch your head and say"They are doing what?" Sport Stacking is an exciting individual and team sport where participants stack and unstack 12 specially designed plastic cups in pre-determined sequence. Sport Stacking launched in South Africa in January 2009. Numerous Schools are now playing this exciting sport. About Sport Stacking: - Already part of P.E. curriculums in over 30,000 schools worldwide, sport stacking is the new competitive sport of speed and skill. Speed Stacks are the official sport stacking equipment of the World Sport Stacking Association (WSSA). - Sport Stacking involves up stacking and down stacking Speed Stacks in pre-determined formations at lightning speeds on a StackMat®, either solo against the clock or head-to-head against other students. - Active and healthy, sport stacking improves ambidexterity, concentration and hand-eye coordination. A university study has shown that sport stacking increases bilateral proficiency; equal performance on both sides of the body, which helps develop awareness, focus, creativity and rhythm. |