What Is Flyball?
Flyball is a fun fast paced dog sport, merging of obedience and agility-type skills. It is a timed relay race between two teams of dogs and handlers. There are four dogs per team. Each Flyball dog on the team is released by his handler, must go over four Jumps in a row, trigger a Flyball box which ejects a tennis ball, grab the ball, and return over the four jumps carrying the ball. Then the next dog on the team can run.
Jumps are 10 feet apart from each other. The first is 6 feet from the start line and the box is 15 feet from the last jump for a 51 foot overall length. The jump height is dependent on the smallest dog on the team. Depending on the organization, the shortest hurdle can be set at 7” and tallest at 14”. Every team needs a little dog, commonly referred to as the “height dog”.
Flyball Box is a spring loaded box that shoots out a tennis ball when the front pedal is pushed by the dog.
Flyball Dog must learn to perform its tasks while there is another dog in an adjoining lane doing the same thing at the same time, making its own decisions while running at top speeds! This requires the ultimate in focus and concentration in the face of major distractions.
Objective: The first team to run each flyball dog without error, with the fastest time, wins!
How are NAFA titles earned?
Each dog in a team participating in a NAFA sanctioned Flyball tournament has a chance to earn points toward a NAFA title. For each heat (or run), if the recorded time is under 24 seconds, each racing dog will receive 25 NAFA points. If the recorded time is 24 or more seconds but under 28 seconds each racing dog will receive 5 points; 28 or more seconds but under 32 seconds will receive 1 point for each racing dog.
NAFA Regular Division Titles
| Title | Full Title | Points Required |
|---|---|---|
| FD | Flyball Dog | 20 |
| FDX | Flyball Dog Excellent | 100 |
| FDCh | Flyball Dog Champion | 500 |
| Title | Full Title | Points Required |
|---|---|---|
| FDCh-S | Flyball Dog Champion-Silver | 1,000 |
| FDCh-G | Flyball Dog Champion-Gold | 2,500 |
| FM | Flyball Master | 5,000 |
| FMX | Flyball Master Excellent | 10,000 |
| FMCh | Flyball Master Champion | 15,000 |
| ONYX | ONYX | 20,000 |
| FGDCh | Flyball Grand Champion | 30,000 |
| FD40K | Flyball Dog 40K | 40,000 |
| FD50K | Flyball Dog 50K | 50,000 |
| FD60K | Flyball Dog 60K | 60,000 |
| FD70K | Flyball Dog 70K | 70,000 |
| FD80K | Flyball Dog 80K | 80,000 |
| FD90K | Flyball Dog 90K | 90,000 |
| Hobbes | Hobbes Award | 100,000 |
NAFA Multi-breed Division Titles
| Title | Full Title | Points Required |
|---|---|---|
| MBD | Multibreed Dog | 20 |
| MBDX | Multibreed Dog Excellent | 100 |
| MBDCh | Multibreed Dog Champion | 500 |
| MBDCh-S | Multibreed Dog Champion-Silver | 1,000 |
| MBDCh-G | Multibreed Dog Champion-Gold | 2,500 |
| MBM | Multibreed Master | 5,000 |
| MBMX | Multibreed Master Excellent | 10,000 |
| MBMCh | Multibreed Master Champion | 15,000 |
| MB ONYX | Multibreed ONYX | 20,000 |
| MBGDCh | Multibreed Grand Champion | 30,000 |
| Title | Full Title | Points Required |
|---|---|---|
| MB40K | Multibreed 40K | 40,000 |
| MB50K | Multibreed 50K | 50,000 |
| MB60K | Multibreed 60K | 60,000 |
How are U-FLI titles earned?
Each dog in a team participating in a U-FLI sanctioned Flyball tournament has a chance to earn points toward a U-FLI title. For each heat (or run), if the recorded time is under 20 seconds, each racing dog will receive 30 U-FLI points. If the recorded time is 20 or more seconds but under 25 seconds each racing dog will receive 25 points. If the recorded time is 25 or more seconds but under 30 seconds each racing dog will receive 15 points; 30 or more seconds but under 35 seconds will receive 10 points for each racing dog.
In addition, each racing dog on a winning team will receive 5 extra points, except when running against an exhibition or pickup team.
U-FLI Individual Titles and Awards
| Title | Full Title | Points Required |
|---|---|---|
| TF | Top Flight | 100 |
| TF-I | Top Flight-I | 500 |
| TF-II | Top Flight-II | 750 |
| TF-III | Top Flight-III | 1,000 |
| TFE | Top Flight Executive | 2,500 |
| TFE-I | Top Flight Executive-I | 4,000 |
| TFE-II | Top Flight Executive-II | 5,500 |
| TFE-III | Top Flight Executive-III | 7,000 |
| TFP | Top Flight Premier | 9,500 |
| TFP-I | Top Flight Premier-I | 12,000 |
| TFP-II | Top Flight Premier-II | 14,500 |
| TFP-III | Top Flight Premier-III | 17,500 |
| Title | Full Title | Points Required |
|---|---|---|
| TFFC | Top Flight First Class | 20,500 |
| TFFC-I | Top Flight First Class-I | 24,000 |
| TFFC-II | Top Flight First Class-II | 27,500 |
| TFFC-III | Top Flight First Class-III | 31,000 |
| TFEx | Top Flight Expert | 20,000 |
| TFA | Top Flight Ace | 35,000 |
| TFWC | Top Flight World Class | 35,500 |
| TFWC-I | Top Flight World Class-I | 40,000 |
| TFWC-II | Top Flight World Class-II | 44,500 |
| TFWC-III | Top Flight World Class-III | 49,000 |
| TFCh | Top Flight Champion | 50,000 |
| TFX | Top Flight X-treme | 54,500 |
| Title | Full Title | Points Required |
|---|---|---|
| TFX-I | Top Flight X-treme-I | 60,000 |
| TFX-II | Top Flight X-treme-II | 65,500 |
| TFX-III | Top Flight X-treme-III | 71,000 |
| TFS | Top Flight Specialist | 75,000 |
| TFU | Top Flight Ultimate | 77,500 |
| TFU-I | Top Flight Ultimate-I | 84,000 |
| TFU-II | Top Flight Ultimate-II | 90,500 |
| TFU-III | Top Flight Ultimate-III | 97,000 |
| TFEl | Top Flight Elite | 100,000 |