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Hyper Flight is a very small, highly-competitive flyball club from Texas.  Most of our members live in northern Dallas, but some members live as far away as Nacogdoches, in eastern Texas.  We practice almost every Sunday in Carrollton or Garland, usually for about 7 hours.  Some of the club members get together during the week for less formal practices, usually in someone’s garage or at a park in Garland.  We usually attend 7-11 tournaments a year; tournaments are all-day Saturday and Sunday events. 

We only race in U-FLI events.  We believe that U-FLI is the only North American flyball organization that treats all competitors fairly.  However, we have many friends that race in NAFA events, and we believe that most NAFA competitors are great people.  About half of the tournaments we attend are held in Texas, but we travel all over the country seeking the best competition.  In recent years, we have attended tournaments in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.


We believe it is important to give back to the flyball community by hosting tournaments and helping other clubs host tournaments.  We hosted the first (2006) and second (2007) annual U-FLI Championships.  Between November 2006 and March 2008 (about 16 months) we hosted eight tournaments on different weekends.

In general, there are two broad philosophies among flyball competitors: some competitors are primarily interested in obtaining points and earning titles for their dogs (for an explanation of points and titles, see p. 25 of the U-FLI rulebook), whereas other competitors are primarily interested in winning tournaments and running fast times.  Neither philosophy is better than the other; it’s just a matter of personal preference.  Most members of Hyper Flight are primarily interested in winning tournaments and running fast times, but some of us care about titles. 

People often wonder why our practices are so long compared to most clubs.  There are at least two reasons: (1) we don’t just run lineups every practice (in fact, sometimes we go weeks without running lineups).  Instead, we work on very specific drills for each dog, with multiple people typically analyzing the performance of each dog.   (2) We have a LOT of dogs.  Most of our current members have multiple dogs that they bring to practice each week.  Unfortunately that means that in a 7 hour practice, individual dogs are usually only worked 1-2 times, although we try to work inexperienced dogs 2-3 times/practice.  
We are obsessed with having a dog truly prepared before we begin racing it in competition.  Therefore, it often takes a year or more of training before a dog enters its first tournament.  This long period of preparation is the single greatest obstacle to most newcomers to Hyper Flight.  We are happy to introduce someone to the sport, and we welcome newcomers to come to our practices. However, there are other clubs in the Dallas area that would likely put a newcomer’s dog in the racing lane before we would.  Hyper Flight is the fastest flyball club in the south-central and southeastern United States, but we recognize that we are not the right club for everyone.  If someone attends some Hyper Flight practices but decides later to join another club, we understand.  We just want flyball to grow in the north Texas area. U-FLI clubs in Texas and Oklahoma are a close-knit group wherein all tend to help each other in any way possible.


Other U-FLI flyball clubs in the Dallas area:

4 Dog Flight.  4 Dog Flight teaches flyball classes; information can be found on their websitee-mail 4 Dog Flight

Cutting Edge.  Cutting Edge is the sister club to Hyper Flight.  Cutting Edge is very small and, in general, more concerned about points and titles than is Hyper Flight.  Cutting Edge often practices with Hyper Flight (but usually not for 8 hours!).  e-mail Cutting Edge

PACWebsitee-mail PAC.

Sure Shots.  Sure Shots is another highly-competitive club in the Dallas area.   Sure Shots website