What is Flyball?
Flyball is the fastest growing dog sport in the world. Started in California in the late 70's Flyball is continuing its spread across the United States and several other countries. New teams and clubs are popping up all over.
Playing the Game!
Teamwork, Speed, and Precision is the name of the game in the sport of Flyball. Flyball is a four-dog relay race between competing teams. The Flyball course covers 51 feet in length and consists of four hurdles leading to the Flyball box. Each dog must jump the four hurdles, retrieve a ball from the box, an return over the hurdles and cross the finish line. Each dog must be highly trained to work on a team with three to five other dogs and be highly focused amid great distractions. The world record time for four dogs to complete the course is 15.36 seconds.
Who can participate?
Flyball is open to all dogs, mixed or pure bred. To locate a team in your area, go to the Team area of this site.
Who makes up the rules?
There is two governing bodies for Flyball competition in North America, the North American Flyball Association (NAFA®) and United Flyball League International (U-FLITM).
Flyball is governed by the Australian Flyball Association in Australia; the Belgiun Flyball Federation in Belgium; and the British Flyball Association in the United Kingdom. If you know of other governing bodies, please let me know so they can be added.
U-FLITM Flyball Titles
Dogs earn U-FLITM points towards flyball titles based on the teams time:
| Team Time | Points Earned | Bonus Points |
| 19.999 seconds and under | 30 points |
Each of the dogs on a winning team in a heat will receive an additional 5 bonus points
for that heat. If the team is racing against an Exhibition or Pickup Team, then no
bonus points will be available. |
| 20-24.999 seconds | 25 points |
| 25-29.999 seconds | 15 points |
| 30-35.000 seconds | 10 points |
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Award Pins
| Title | Points |
Top Flight
TF-I
TF-II
TF-III
|
100
500
750
1,000
|
Top Flight Executive
TFE-I
TFE-II
TFE-III
|
2,500
4,000
5,500
7,000
|
Top Flight Premier
TFP-I
TFP-II
TFP-III
|
9,500
12,000
14,500
17,000
|
Top Flight First Class
TFFC-I
TFFC-II
TFFC-III
|
20,500
24,000
27,500
31,000
|
Top Flight World Class
TFWC-I
TFWC-II
TFWC-III
|
35,500
40,000
44,500
49,000
|
Top Flight Extreme
TFX-I
TFX-II
TFX-III
|
54,500
60,000
65,500
71,000
|
Top Flight Ultimate
TFU-I
TFU-II
TFU-III
|
77,500
84,000
90,500
97,000
|
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Milestone Plaques
| Title | Points |
| Top Flight Expert | 20,000 |
| Top Flight Ace | 35,000 |
| Top Flight Champion | 50,000 |
| Top Flight Specialist | 75,000 |
| Top Flight Elite | 100,000 |
|
NAFA® Flyball Titles
Dogs earn NAFA® points towards flyball titles based on the teams time:
- less than 32 secs: Each dog earns 1 point
- less than 28 secs: Each dog earns 5 points
- less than 24 secs: Each dog earns 25 points
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| Abbrevation |
Title |
Points |
Award |
| FD |
Flyball Dog |
25 |
Certificate |
| FDX |
Flyball Dog Excellent |
100 |
Certificate |
| FDCh |
Flyball Dog Champion |
500 |
Certificate |
| FDCh-S |
Flyball Dog Champion-Silver (FDCh-S) |
1000 |
Certificate |
| FDCh-G |
Flyball Dog Champion-Gold (FDCh-G) |
2500 |
Certificate |
| FM |
Flyball Master |
5000 |
Pin & Certificate |
| FMX |
Flyball Master Excellent |
10000 |
Pin & Certificate |
| FMCh |
Flyball Master Champion |
15000 |
Pin & Certificate |
| ONYX |
ONYX Award |
20000 |
Pin & Plaque |
| FGDCh-30K |
Flyball Grand Champion |
30000 |
Pin & Plaque |
| FGDCh-40K |
Flyball Grand Champion |
40000 |
Pin & Plaque |
FGDCh-50K -
FGDCh-90K |
Flyball Grand Champion |
50000 - 90000 |
Pin & Plate |
| HOBBES |
Hobbes Award |
100000 |
Pin & Plaque |
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NAFA® Flyball Plaques
Plaques are awarded and sent out by NAFA® every 6 months. Information for the plaques comes directly from the NAFA database.
The third plaque shown here is awarded as a perpetual award. It is first awarded when a dog reaches 40,000 points. For each 10,000 points the dog earns, a plate is sent out that the owner is responsible for having affixed to the plaque.
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