Hoopers course designer for BK9 and CHUK
Hooplan is a web app for designing Hoopers courses. Lay out the hoops, barrels, tunnels and gates; Hooplan draws the dog’s running line, checks the layout against your organisation’s rulebook, suggests where to stand to judge it, and prints the judge sheet.
No account needed to look around. Two courses free. Or start from a free course plan for your level.
What it does
The dog’s running line, drawn for you
Place the obstacles and Hooplan draws the line the dog will actually take, so you can see the flow of the course before you walk it.
Rule checks as you design
Gaps, approach and departure angles, ring boundaries, no-immediate-return, wrong-course temptations and per-class equipment, all against your organisation’s own rulebook.
Judge sightlines
Hooplan suggests where to stand to see every obstacle it needs to judge, and shows you what each position can and cannot see.
Draw mode
Sketch a line freehand and Hooplan fills in hoops at legal spacing for the level. A training-night course takes about two minutes.
Phone editing and AR
The same designer on a phone, plus an AR mode that stands the course up at real scale in the ring or the garden.
Print and share
A judge print sheet from the browser, and share links that open a read-only copy for your class, your committee or another judge.
Who it’s for
Judges designing a course that has to be legal on the day. Instructors and clubs building a training-night course per level and sending it to the class group as a link. Competitors setting up practice courses at home and walking them in AR.
What it costs
Free - two courses, with watermarked prints. Pro, £4 a month or £40 a year - unlimited courses, clean prints and share links. You sign in with a free K9 TMRS account, using Google or a magic email link; the same account works across everything we make.
Questions
Which rulebooks does Hooplan check against?
BK9 (Rules & Regulations 4.2, July 2026, plus the Judging Guidelines) and Canine Hoopers UK 2026. Every course carries its organisation, and the checks read their numbers - gap bands, angle limits, ring sizes, class equipment - from that organisation’s rule pack.
Is Hooplan free?
Yes, for two courses, with a watermark on printed sheets. Pro is £4 a month or £40 a year and adds unlimited courses, clean prints and share links. If you drop back to free, extra courses become read-only - they are never deleted.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Hooplan runs in the browser on desktop and phone. Courses save to your own device first, so editing keeps working offline, and sync to your account in the background.
Can I design a course on my phone at the ring?
Yes. The phone view has the same capabilities as the desktop designer, and on a supported phone you can walk the course in AR at real scale before a single hoop goes out.
Can I import courses from other course designers?
Yes. Hooplan reads Smarter Agility exports and Agility Designer (.zrdgr) files, detects the format for you, and tells you before you commit if anything could not be carried across.
Can I share a course with my class or another judge?
Yes. A share link opens a read-only copy of the course that anyone can view or print, with no account needed, and that a signed-in judge can copy into their own library. Your folders and tags stay private - they never travel with a share.