To students at Westchester Country Day School in High Point, the sport of cup stacking is serious business, one that is fun and helps them concentrate, too.
HIGH POINT -- It's a race against the clock to see who can stack 12 cups in different sequences. To students at Westchester Country Day School in High Point, the sport of cup stacking is serious business.
"I normally do it about 30 minutes each night at home and some in the day time," third-grader Calen Epting said.
On Tuesday, students from kindergarten through fifth grade competed in the fifth annual Cup Stacking Competition. Physical Education teacher Tim Cook introduced students to the sport five years ago.
"Now we have a cup stacking club and a team competing next weekend, March 1st," Cook said.
Some students, like fifth-grader Kayla Watson, started cup stacking in kindergarten. She says the sport has helped with her hand-eye coordination, which Cook says isn't the only positive thing about cup stacking.
"I've talked to parents who say that it helps their child focus more who might have ADD, and it helps the younger students in kindergarten and first grade learn sequencing and patterns and reading, as well," he added.
Fourteen students from Westchester are going to Monroe, N.C. this weekend for the Carolina Sports Stacking Championship to compete with more than 300 other stackers.