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=Benefits=

FITNESS:
Sport Stacking is a fitness based sport that kids from all backgrounds and abilities can do. For the athlete and non-athlete alike, regardless if you are instructing eighth graders or kindergartners, sport stacking can be a great enhancement for your fitness routine. With over 70 fitness based activities, sport stacking helps to motivate kids to be active and fit. Teachers and parents also like sport stacking because it can be done at home. Much like a Scholastic book order encourages kids to read at home, a Group Order through Speed Stacks encourages fitness at home.

SELF-ESTEEM:
One of the comments we receive consistently from teachers, parents and school administrators is how sport stacking levels the playing field for their kids. Non-Athletic kids can now compete head to head with their more athletic counterparts. This significantly raises their self-esteem, motivating them to work harder in PE and be excited to participate. It's a WIN, WIN!

ACADEMICS:
Today schools, teachers and parents are focused more than ever on academic achievement. Sport stacking not only promotes physical fitness, but also academic learning. Students that sport stack on a regular basis have shown increases in test scores and levels of concentration. This is achieved by students using both their right and left sides of their brain. When students sport stack they are crossing the "midline" of their bodies and developing new connections in their brains. These new connections help to spur brain growth which in turn promotes greater academic achievement. Please refer to our studies and articles below for more information.

Research and Articles on the Benefits of Sport Stacking

 * [|Hand-Eye Coordination]
 * [|Right and Left Brain Activation]
 * [|Bilateral Coordination]
 * [|Fitness]
 * [|Brain Building]
 * [|Video Games: Friend or Foe]
 * [|Gray Matters]
 * [|Body/Brain Connection]
 * [|No Gym? No Problem!]
 * [|Meeting NASPE Standards]

=Tips & Tricks For Faster Sport Stacking =
 * 1) // If you are just beginning sport stacking, start on the floor with your Speed Stacks placed directly in front of you. //
 * 2) // Always keep stacks close together to create a solid base for your pyramid. In fact, let your cups touch in your pyramid. //
 * 3) // Use a light touch, don't be heavy-handed. Lift with a light grip. Try not to squeeze the cup; let gravity do the work. //
 * 4) // If you lead with your right hand (if it feels best to use your right hand first) that hand should pick up the top cup. //
 * 5) // Alternate your lead hand. Practice leading with one hand and then the other. Switch to increase ambidexterity. //
 * 6) // When handling the cups, your hands should be positioned on the sides of the cups, never over the tops of the cups. //
 * 7) // Separate the cups from one another using your fingers, resting the last (or bottom) cup on your pinky finger. //
 * 8) // Stack in a circle - that means, use a circular motion with your hands and arms instead of back and forth. //
 * 9) // Never pass a cup from one hand to another. Use both hands at the same time. //