In The Nick of Time

Greetings fans of  i-Flyball, The Flyball Blog and the Flyball Forums!

Recently, Larry announced that he was retiring i-Flyball, The Flyball Blog and the Flyball Forums. I’m very pleased to announce that these fine resources of information for flyball have been saved from being lost forever.

After a very short negotiation, I have been allowed to assume responsibility for all three websites. I hope I haven’t bitten off more than I can chew!

Those who have followed The Flyball Blog know that I have contributed a few articles that are published here. The main reason that I haven’t contributed more is that I have two blogs of my own at Blogger.com, “Flyball Dogtag” and “It’s Just an Opinion”. I didn’t feel right ignoring my blogs to write for someone else. However, the posts that I wrote were published on “The Flyball Blog” because I felt that their topics and content were more suitable here.

You may also be aware that I am responsible for Flyball Today. Flyball Today started out as an idea I had for a website that was supposed to be “everything” for every flyball player. Hosted at Webs.com as a free account, I packed it with plenty of things to do. There was a Forum and a blog. It was intended to be full of news from all over the flyball world and also, filled with the contributions of many authors. Trainers, Team Captains, Tournament Directors and hosting clubs. I envisioned a lively and free exchange of information.

It began with alot of enthusiasm and currently, we have nearly 90 members signed up. Becoming a site member allowed you to post comments both on the blog and the Forum.

<Sigh>…..Flyball Today needed many more people to visit to give it that “vibrant” atmosphere indicative of an active community.

I pondered, what to do?

One day I was watching TV and I asked myself, “Now, why can’t I watch my favorite sport on television? Everybody else gets their football or baseball or soccer. Why can’t I watch flyball?”

Then I remembered last fall’s CanAm and what a hit Livestreaming was for that event. Problem was, CanAm was 10 months away. I wanted to watch flyball now!

The lightbulb went off and I opened a Livestream.com account that night.

I found out it didn’t require rocket science to be successful at streaming live video from a webcam. The response has been absolutely amazing! People everywhere have been tuning in to Flyball Today at Livestream.com.

So, I think that Flyball Today will concentrate on presenting live shows at Flyball Tournaments and also, the best pre-recorded videos depicting flyball that I can find. YOU-my livestream audience-can count on tuning in at any time both day and night and being able to watch flyball!

I will be involved in updating i-Flyball and the Flyball Forums so, be watching for announcements about updates to those sites. Also, I hope to contribute more articles here on The Flyball Blog and I hope to convince a few folks to write about what’s on their minds! If you have any suggestions on how to improve these sites, please contact me at FlyballToday@mail.com. I’d love to hear from you.

So, we’re not losing these great flyball sites. We’re forging a partnership and expanding coverage of what’s happening in Flyball Today!

Good Luck and Good Racing!

Chris

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