Have students practice their 3-6-3 repeatedly for 5 minutes without the timer. Focus on good technique.
Training (55 minutes)
Timed 3-6-3 Relay (20 min)
Break students up into groups of 4. Groups of 5 or 6 also work but 4 is better for this drill if you can have all groups of 4.
Each team sets up a mat and timer and one set of cups to practice relays. Place a piece of tape on the floor approximately 7 feet back from the table to represent the start line.
Review all the rules of the Timed 3-6-3 Relay especially the importance of stepping on the tape and waiting until the returning stacker does that before the next player goes to the table to stack.
Have each team practice the Timed 3-6-3 Relay and record their time. Even if there are 5 or 6 in a group, they will all stack on every attempt even though, in a competition, only 4 would participate in the attempt.
After each attempt, the players rotate. The starter goes to the end of the line and everyone else moves up a position.
Continue this practice after each attempt so that each team member has the opportunity to practice being the starter (starts the timer and stacks first), the anchor (runs up, stacks and stops the timer) and the positions in the middle.
After all the teams have practiced for about 10 minutes, have a meeting and talk about what positions they think they are good at, what techniques they think are important in each position and other details that will help everyone improve their performance on the Timed 3-6-3 Relay.
Play Timed 3-6-3 Relay Raise the Bar (30 minutes)
Teach students the rules for Timed 3-6-3 Relay Raise the Bar.
Have teams play each other at different tables.
Set up a round robin where each team plays other teams.
Independent Practice (5 minutes)
Have stackers go to their own mat and timer and practice whichever stacks they want to practice.
The coach circulates around giving feedback to stackers until the end of practice.
