If you know what Cup Stacking is, you're probably a parent or a kid who graduated recently. Speed stacks have been around for more than 18 years, but it's blowing up in a big way. Not only has sport ...

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.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WJAR) — Two health and PE teachers in Woonsocket are doing all they can for their kids when it comes to giving them something to look forward to, and boosting their confidence. About ...

Sports Stacks is a fast-paced version of cup stacking that focuses on speed, teamwork, and hand-eye coordination.

Convincing physical education professionals that a bunch of plastic cups can strengthen athletic skills is a tough sell. At first. This was Daniel Wolff’s challenge Wednesday morning during a workshop ...

OCALA - Fresh from a win at the 2004 World Cup Stacking Championships, an Osceola Middle School student may soon show his cup-stacking skills on the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" late-night talk show.

Americans will compete at just about anything, including eating hot dogs and rolling logs. Now, cup stacking joins that list. Robert W. Fox, 46, a former physical education teacher, promotes cup ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — It was cup stacking time again at St. Mary’s Elementary in Joplin. Part of the school’s annual “stack up” event where kindergarten through 5th grade kids were part of a world record ...

Most sports are actually absurd. Golf involves hitting a tiny ball into a hole hundreds of yards away. Soccer is based on the idea of what if we didn't use our hands. Speed stacking — if you really ...

Quick – take a dozen plastic cups and stack them in a pyramid, then back into a single stack again. Can you do it in just a few seconds? Then you might have what it takes to be a competitive Sport ...

FORT BENNING, Ga., (Feb. 24, 2016) -- Stowers and Loyd Elementary School students made a strong showing in the HOTLanta Open Sport Stacking, or cup stacking, Championship Feb. 13. The event was hosted ...