Sport Stacking
Taking it to the next level
NYS AHPERD CWZ Mini Conference
March 3, 2017
Presented by Lori Bifarella, Attica CSD
& Kailey Diedrick, Speed Stacks, Inc.
Warm up:
$Cold Hard Cash
Groups roll dice to perform fitness challenge: Team Captain will collect $1 per
team member from teacher/bank.
(modification by Bifarella)- Team Captain will bring $6-$9 (Depending on group size) to
purchase one set of cups Once all members have a set of cups-- Warm up stacking
JD. Hughes”HyPEd Up!” We added the stacking into the game
Introducing “How to Judge” Sport stacking.
Identifying Fumbles
Fumbles
The term used when cups fall during the process of up stacking or down stacking.
There are four types of fumbles:
1) TIPPER—cup(s) fall off a stack and onto the table or floor.
2) SLIDER—cup(s) slide down onto cup(s) lower in the stack.
3) TOPPLER— “down stacked” column of cups falls over on its side.
4) SLANTER— a) During the up stacking phase a) the “lip” of one cup rests on the
“step” of another cup or b) the top cup of a stack comes to rest in a “slanted”
position on one of the cups below it. b) During the down stacking phase, the top
cup(s) of a stack that should have completely nested on the cup(s) below it, comes
to rest in only a partially nested or “slanted” position.
How to fix fumbles.
If a fumble should occur during the “up stacking phase”, it must be fixed immediately
unless it is a “Toppler”, in which case it need not be fixed until it is up stacked in sequence.
To “fix” a fumble properly in the up stacking phase without incurring an infraction, the
Stacker must fix the fallen cup(s) BEFORE up stacking the next stack. If a Stacker
should begin up stacking the next stack before, during or after a fumble of the previous
stack(s), the Stacker must return those cups to their original down stacked position
and go back to correct the fumble before continuing on.
The “down stacking phase” begins once the Stacker starts down stacking the first stack
in the sequence. If cups are fumbled prior to beginning the down stacking phase, they must
be fixed in proper sequence before starting to down stack that first stack. This includes
any cups that are “falling” during the up stacking phase but quickly “caught” as they
continue to fall” during the down stacking phase. If not gone back and fixed in proper
sequence an infraction will occur. Once in the down stacking phase, fumbled cups NEED
NOT be rebuilt into pyramids but simply down stacked into nested columns. Fumbles
that occur during the down stacking phase may be fixed at any time and not necessarily in
order, so long as the Stacker attempts the down stack of each stack in proper sequence.
All fumbles must be fixed prior to stopping the Timer (in timed events) and should be
fixed before the foot exchange (in relay events). If the fumble is discovered after the
foot exchange, note the proper way to fix it as described in #3 above. If a Stacker
fumbles a cup(s) only the Stacker should retrieve the cup(s). If someone other than the
stacker touches a fumbled cup(s), the stacker simply retrieves the cup(s) and continues on.
StackMat: Starting and stopping hand positions
Partner fitness stacking: Make your way around the fitness/stacking circuit
with your partner: stations will alternate from fitness to timed stacking at
tables. Rotate one spot clockwise once both partners have had a chance to
perform the fitness spot.
Intro to Relays
Red Line Game - Start with pairs of 2’s
First stacker STARTS the timer, completes a 3-3-3 at the table then
stomps on the red line to send up the next player. The next player
completes a 3-3-3 then STOPS the timer.
Group the pairs together to create teams of four. Stacker one STARTS
the timer and stacker four STOPS the timer.
Head to Head Relays:
Intro judges hand positioning and point scoring.
STACK OUT RELAYS