Cup stacking stacks up student interest.Cup stacking is the new game in town and phys ed phys ed n. Informal Physical education. teachers are gearing up so students can play. As non-athletic as it sounds, the sport has been shown to increase hand-eye coordination hand-eye coordination Eye-hand coordination Surgery Oculomanual synchronization, required by surgeons, especially for laparoscopic surgery. See Laparoscopic surgery, Paradoxical movement. and ambidexterity am·bi·dex·ter·i·ty or am·bi·dex·trism n. The state or quality of being ambidextrous. ambidexterity Neurology The ability to perform tasks requiring manual dexterity with either hand . Competitors, who were mainly elementary students but now include those in middle school and high school, stack and unstack 12 specially designed plastic cups in predetermined pre·de·ter·mine v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines v.tr. 1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: sequences. Pola Metz, executive director of the World Cup Stacking Association, says she knows of about 13 statewide cup-stacking tournaments held last year, in addition to the annual World Cup Stacking Championships, held each spring. The number of schools with active programs has more than doubled in the past two years, to about 6,000 schools this year, says Metz, who is also a specialist at Speed Stacks, the company that makes the cups and timing devices. www.worldcupstackingassociation.org |
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