The USA Sport Stacking Sport Education Unit is a month-long, 10 lesson unit for students to participate in a Stacking League. Stacking League is a team-based competition format for sport stacking consisting of dual meets. Teams compete against other teams in 5 events earning points if they win an event. The team with the greatest number of points at the end of the 5 events wins the meet.

The USA Sport Stacking Sport Education Unit provides opportunities for students to:

• Participate in a sport season in a physical education setting.
• Develop coordination, focus and perseverance through sport stacking.
• Experience a sport as an athlete while learning about additional roles in athletics.
• Improve social emotional competencies through project-based learning.

Student Roles

An essential experience in the sport education model is that it provides an opportunity for students to understand and be involved in the management and organization of a sport as well as playing the sport. Each student will assume one or more (if a team has less than 6 students) of the following roles on their team:

• Captain
• Relay Team Coordinator
• Data Manager
• Equipment Manager
• Board Member
• Public Relations Manager

Captain

• Plans practice sessions using the training drills outlined in the curriculum
• Leads reflections of the team about what they are doing well and areas for improvement.

Relay Team Coordinator

• Determines order for relay events
• Assigns doubles partners

Data Manager

• Keeps track of team members' timing sheets
• Leads initial team ranking head to head matches and challenge matches
• Examines dual meet results to help the Captain understand which areas need improvement

Equipment Manager

• Makes sure each team's table is set up with equipment for practice.
• Checks to make sure timers are working properly and cups are in good condition.
• Measures and tapes relay lines for practice and dual meets.
• Sets up display timers for dual meets (if available)

Board Member

• Liaison between their team and the teacher
• Attend Board Meetings to problems solve as needed with other team Board Members and the teacher

Public Relations Manager

• Works with Data Manager to make the team Wall of Fame with personal bests and team stats.
• Works with the other Public Relations Managers to maintain the Results Board once dual meets begin.
• Works with the other Public Relations Managers to plan the Awards Ceremony and StackFest Celebration Event.