Speed Stacks-Science

Sport Stacking is an excellent activity for all ability levels of children.It helps with, the development of motor skills, promotes hand eye coordination, improves dexterity and quickness, increases focus and concentration, as well as improving self image. Using Sport Stacking as an integral part of the school curriculum will further improve the child’s ability to master, sequencing, which is a basic concept required for mathematics.

The child also learns to be more proficient in rhythm and is encouraged to use both sides of the brain. It is an ideal activity to help a child set personal goals and it can be implemented to promote team work. Sport Stacking provides the child with a sense of achievement in a stress free environment including loads of fun. Implementing Sport Stacking in my movement programmes and in therapy has benefited the children to such an extent that improvements are observable in reading, writing and mathematics.

Influence of Stacking on Hand-Eye Coordination and Reaction Time of 2nd Grade Students

Dr. Steven R. Murray, Brian Udermann, John M. Mayer, Kenneth Sagendorf - Mesa State College - Perceptual and Motor Skills, Spring 2004
Summary: Sport stacking has been adopted recently by many physical education programs to enhance rudimentary motor skills such as hand-eye coordination and ambidexterity as well as quickness and concentration; however, no empirical evidence has been published to support these claims.
We examined the influence of stacking on hand-eye coordination and reaction time of 24 boys and 18 girls in second grade as measured by the Soda Pop and Yardstick tests, respectively.
Two physical education classes were randomly assigned as treatment and control groups and were pre- and posttested for hand-eye coordination and reaction time. The treatment group participated in a 5-week sport-stacking program.
Significant improvements were noted for both hand-eye coordination and reaction time between the pre- and post test scores for this group but not for the control group.
Therefore, sport stacking is indeed effective in enhancing hand-eye coordination and reaction time.