Speed stacking cups and hopscotch are two popular activities that can improve hand-eye coordination. Both activities require ...

SAN ANTONIO — Sport stacking has been around since the 1980’s. The goal is to stack plastic cups into a formation as fast as you can. Some fans play at home for fun. Others race the clock at sport ...

Everyone’s paying attention to the Winter Olympics halfway around the world in Sochi, Russia. Closer to home, there’s growing interest in a slightly different "sport" -- this one using a small, ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 30, 2025. Click here for that audio. In the early 2000s, thousands of U.S. schools had their students race the clock to stack cups in gym class.

Christina Shi doesn't run short on talents. Ace student. Gifted musician. And, oh yes, the West Lafayette Junior High seventh-grader already is famous — for her cup-stacking skills. In 1.7 seconds, ...

EAGLE – There’s something new on this weekend’s Flight Days schedule. For the first time, competitive cup stacking (called sport or speed stacking) will be a part of Saturday’s activities.In sport ...

Jordan Neuman is really good at sports stacking. He’s on Team USA in the World Sport Stacking Association and is ranked second for male stackers in Florida, twenty-first for male stackers in the U.S.

It's time for me to tread on sacred ground ... or eat the sacred cow ... or whatever it is you do when you tromp all over a popular cultural phenomenon. It's time to argue the merits of cup stacking.

Willow Leahy stared at the tower of green plastic cups and flexed her fingers like a piano player preparing to tackle “Flight of the Bumblebee.” “This is called speed stacking,” she said. “Now, watch ...