Our club typically offers lessons as part of our regular club practice.

Now, we've been asked by our lab's day care to do a formal 6-week Intro duction to flyball class. Since it's a bit far for most of our team, 2 of us would be teaching it while the team developed lesson plans are were there for feed-back and occasiona guest teachers.

Anyone have a sample lesson plan they'd be willing to share?

We've got some idead floating but it would be nice to see what others have done. I think that for the causal dog-training class taker that it would be mostly jumps with some beginning box work.

If you send me your email I will send you what I used in the past but not quite following now. It goes from week 1 through the end of beginners and what I do each week and how I pair people up.

One thing I do is start boxwork from day 1. I think the box is the hardest part of flyball and making sure the dog has a basis for a turn from the beginning. Many dogs especially if they have had any agility training know the jumps within one night so planning to incorporate all aspects of flyball may be best from the beginning but that is just a suggestion. Plus doing basically jumps for 6 weeks will be very boring even if you start with retrieving a ball over a jump.

I do stations

1. Station for boxwork
2. Station for jumpwork
3. Station for dead ball retrieve - depends on the dogs - a bunch of labs would probably not need this but should be done at beginning to learn which way a dog turns
4. Station for passing exercises

I know there is at least one more but can't recall right now.

I also make sure people give their dogs a break for water. Plus I give a lecture to first night.

Thanks, Kim!


We're also talking to the people who teach the agility class and the freestyle class to gauge the kind of dogs and people they are getting. People may be mostly looking for an indoor "activity" based class for the winter or serious about trying out a dog sport.