Club Curriculum - Beginner
The USA Sport Stacking Club Curriculum provides activities and training tools to teach sport stacking skills and prepare kids to enter official World Sport Stacking Association competitions and to join a Stacking League. The curriculum has 8 weeks of lessons for 1 hour club meetings. If your club meets for more weeks or for longer amounts of time, use the additional resources at the bottom of each lesson to create more training plans for your club.
The Beginner Curriculum is for clubs where most or all of the members are new to the skills of sport stacking and/or sport stacking competitions.
Week 1
Objective:
- Focus on the 3-3-3 and 3-6-3.
- Play head-to-head games that encourage speed and mastery of the patterns and rules.
Week 2
Objective:
- Focus on the 3-6-3.
- Play training games that are both inclusive and interactive.
- Increase understanding of how to fix fumbles.
Week 3
Objective:
- Increase coordination and fluidity of movements when completing sport stacking patterns.
- Focus and improve on the skills needed for mastery of the Cycle.
Week 4
Objective:
- Learn rules for the Timed 3-6-3 Relay and practice.
- Learn rules for the Timed 3-6-3 Raise the Bar and practice.
Week 5
Objective:
- Learn and practice the Cycle and Doubles.
- Apply understanding of Individual and Doubles stacking to head-to-head competition.
Week 6
Objective:
- Introduce WSSA competition format and practice.
- Continue head-to-head competition practice.
Week 7
Objective:
- Learn and practice WSSA Head-to-Head Relay format and rules.
Week 8
Objective:
- Use skills and knowledge learned during the duration of the club to compete in a Stacking League Match.
