What is Flyball?
Flyball competition consists of races between two teams of four dogs each
racing side-by-side over a 51-foot long course. Each team's racing lane consists
of four jumps and a flyball box placed at the end. The flyball box releases a
tennis ball after the dog pushes a pedal on the front of the box. Each dog must
run in relay fashion over the jumps, trigger the release of the ball, retrieve
the ball, and return over the jumps. The first team to have all four dogs finish
the course wins the heat.
Click here
for 2 different PDF files on an illustration of typical
flyball courses with explanations:
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INTERESTING FLYBALL TRIVIA?
There are nearly 200 dog breeds recognized to compete in Flyball. Breeds such
as the Mixed Breeds, Shetland Sheepdogs, Staffordshire Bull Terrier,
Golden Retriever,
Belgian Tervuren, Dalmatian, Miniature Poodle, American Cocker Spaniel,
Papillon, Whippet, Beagle and Pembroke Welsh Corgi have received at
least their NAFA Flyball Grand Champion title (30,000
points) right alongside the Border Collies, Australian Cattle Dogs, Jack Russell Terriers, and Labrador
Retrievers that dominate the sport. |
Fastest World Record:
Touch-n-Go, 15.21 seconds!!!
Other Official Records:
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NAFA Regular:
Flyball Team Spring
Loaded:
15.22 seconds
July 16, 2005, Niagara Falls ON |
NAFA Multi-breed:
Flyball Team Spring
Loaded:
15.36 seconds
September 5, 2004, Vassar MI |
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U-FLI Standard:
Flyball Team Touch-n-Go
15.21 seconds
Stampede Round Up (March 29 2008)
Washington County Regional Fairpark (Hurricane, UT) |
U-FLI Variety:
Flyball Team Rude Dogs
16.104 seconds
August 25, 2007 Bay
County Fairgrounds |
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U-FLI Fastest
Singles Racer Ever:
Blur (Border Collie)
Hyper Flight Flyball Team
3.655 seconds
09-15-07 "Fun Fur All"
Flyball in Hutto, TX |
U-FLI Fastest
Pairs Racers Ever:
Spirit with a Vengeance
(Spirit* & Vengeance*)
(*Both
Rescue Dogs)
Lickety Splits Flyball
Team
7.563 seconds
03-18-07 "Bare Bones" in
Ramona, CA |
Titles & Awards in U-FLI:
Dogs receive points toward individual U-FLI titles based on the team's time.
Each dog listed as
participating in a heat will be awarded points. Each of the dogs on a winning
team in a heat will receive an additional 5 bonus points for that heat. Teams
times Points earned
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19.999 seconds and under 30 points per heat
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20 seconds up to 24.999 seconds 25 points per heat
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25 seconds up to 29.999 seconds 15 points per heat
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30 seconds up to 35.000 seconds 10 points per heat
U-FLI Award Pins
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Title |
Points |
Title |
Points |
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Top Flight |
100 |
Top Flight World Class |
35,500 |
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TF-I |
500 |
TFWC-I |
40,000 |
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TF-II |
750 |
TFWC-II |
44,500 |
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TF-111 |
1,000 |
TFWC-III |
49,000 |
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Top Flight Executive |
2,500 |
Top Flight Extreme |
54,500 |
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TFE-I |
4,000 |
TFX-I |
60,000 |
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TFE-II |
5,500 |
TFX-II |
65,500 |
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TFE-III |
7,000 |
TFX-III |
71,000 |
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Top Flight Premier |
9,500 |
Top Flight Ultimate |
77,500 |
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TFP-I |
12,000 |
TFU-I |
84,000 |
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TFP-II |
14,500 |
TFU-II |
90,500 |
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TFP-III |
17,000 |
TFU-III |
97,500 |
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Top Flight First Class |
20,500 |
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TFFC-I |
24,000 |
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TFFC-II |
27,500 |
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TFFC-III |
31,000 |
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U-FLI Milestone Plaques
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Title |
Points |
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Top Flight Expert |
25,000 |
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Top Flight Ace |
35,000 |
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Top Flight Champion |
50,000 |
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Top Flight Specialist |
75,000 |
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Top Flight Elite |
100,000 |
Titles & Awards in NAFA:
Each time a team races in a NAFA sanctioned Flyball tournament, their dogs
earn points based on the following:
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- under 24 seconds: each dog racing in that heat receives 25 points
towards a Flyball title
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- under 28 seconds: each dog receives 5 points
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- under 32 seconds: each dog receives 1 point
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Points |
Title |
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20 |
Flyball Dog (FD)
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100 |
Flyball Dog Excellent (FDX)
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500 |
Flyball Dog Champion (FDCh)
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1000 |
Flyball Dog Champion-Silver
(FDCh-S) |
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2500 |
Flyball Dog Champion-Gold (FDCh-G)
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5000 |
Flyball Master (FM)
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10,000 |
Flyball Master Excellent (FMX)
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15,000 |
Flyball Master Champion (FMCh)
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20,000 |
ONYX |
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30,000 |
Flyball Grand Champion
(FGDCh-30) |
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40,000 |
Commemorative Pin and
Plaque |
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50,000 - 90,000
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Commemorative Pin and Plate
for 40k Plaque |
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100,000 |
Hobbes Award (includes
Commemorative Pin and Plaque) |
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