Asian Sport Stacking Championships set for November 2011

So you cannot make it to the World Championships.

No problem!

You have a chance to practice all year and show all the other stackers in Asia how good you are.

The proposed 2011 WSSA Asian Championships is going to be a one day event in Singapore  in late November, 2011.

Chat to us if you would like to be considered for the Hong Kong team.

HAPPY STACKING

World Championships 2011

The 2011 Sporting Stacking World Championships were to be in London, UK in 2011 but due to a clash with the Royal Wedding weekend have needed to be moved back to the USA. The tentative date will be the last weekend in April (TBC) in Texas.

We look forward to seeing you there.

WSSA RULE CHANGES

YOU NEED TO KNOW THESE RULES CHANGES RIGHT NOW!!

Stackers are getting so fast that judges often can’t see what their hands are doing.  The result is that stackers are winning tournaments, only to have their runs scratched after video review, sometimes weeks later.  These new changes allow judges to make confident decisions on the spot based on what they can realistically see.  They also allow you the stacker the freedom to go faster without worrying about unintended scratches.  It all adds up to a very exciting step forward for the world of Sport Stacking.

The WSSA Rules Committee identified three areas that need to be changed.   Here they are:

Rule Change #1

Down stacking two stacks at the same time: 3-3-3, 3-6-3, Cycle

Two stacks may be down stacked at the same time.  All stackers must use both hands to begin down stacking the first stack in any sequence before beginning to down stack the second stack, and must use both hands to begin down stacking the second stack before before beginning to down stack stack the third stack. The third stack may be down stacked with one hand.

(Note: The rule still applies that in the up stacking phase, a stacker’s hands cannot be on two stacks at the same time, nor can a stacker simultaneously “up stack” one stack while “down stacking” another.)   

Rule Change #2

Hands on cups while stopping the timer: 3-3-3, 3-6-3, Cycle

A stacker’s hands may be in contact with the cups while stopping the Timer as long as the stacker does not hold (or appear to hold) any cups.

Rule Change #3

Turn and tap: Cycle

The “turn and tap” portion is no longer required. In the 1-10-1 phase of the Cycle stack,  once a stacker has placed the single cups—one up, one down—on each side of the nested column of 10, and then up stacked those 10, the single cups may simply be “picked up” and used to down stack the 10 into a 3-6-3. (If a stacker does “turn and tap,” there will be no penalty.)

Click here to watch a video that explains these rule changes.

You can also check out the complete  WSSA Sport Stacking Rule Book, which includes the most up-to-date sport stacking rules effective April 10, 2010.  These new rules will be in effect at the 2010 WSSA World Sport Stacking Championships.

Chinese version of the rule changes can be found here

http://www.youtube.com/user/WrldSprtStackingAssn#p/a/u/0/Eqv6jDFDsfI