Liability waiver and release

This waiver is between Youth Basketball Club (“the clinic”, “we”, “us”) and the parent or legal guardian registering a child (“you”). It covers every session your child attends — group clinics, private lessons, drop-ins and camps — and it stays in force for as long as your child is registered with us.

You confirm that you are the parent or legal guardian of each child you register, and that you have the authority to accept this waiver on their behalf.

Basketball is a physical, fast-moving sport played on a hard surface. Even with good coaching, sensible drills and proper supervision, taking part carries risks that cannot be removed, including:

• sprains, strains, bruises, cuts, dental injuries, broken bones and concussion;
• collisions with other players, the floor, the ball, hoops, walls or equipment;
• heat exhaustion, dehydration or aggravation of a pre-existing condition;
• in rare cases, serious or permanent injury, and travel to and from MCA Cage Courts.

You understand and accept these risks on your child’s behalf, and you confirm that your child is in good enough health to take part in vigorous physical activity.

In exchange for your child being allowed to take part, you release the clinic, its coaches, staff, volunteers and the owners of the facilities we use from claims for injury, illness, loss or damage arising out of ordinary participation in clinic activities.

This release does not cover gross negligence, recklessness or intentional misconduct by the clinic or its coaches, and it does not waive any right that cannot be waived by law. We remain responsible for running sessions with reasonable care, for keeping the playing area safe, and for supervising the children in our charge.

You confirm that the medical information you gave at registration is accurate and complete, including allergies, asthma, medication, and any injury or condition a coach should know about. Tell us as soon as anything changes — a coach cannot act on information we do not have.

If your child is hurt and you cannot be reached, you authorize the coaches to arrange first aid and, where they judge it necessary, to call emergency services and consent to emergency medical treatment. You are responsible for the cost of any medical care your child receives.

The clinic does not provide medical insurance for participants. Check that your own coverage extends to youth sports activity.

If a coach suspects a head injury, your child is removed from the session immediately and will not be allowed back until you provide written clearance from a medical professional. This applies even if your child feels fine and wants to keep playing, and it is not negotiable.

Coaches supervise children during the session only. Please have your child at MCA Cage Courts a few minutes before their group’s start time, and be there to collect them promptly at the end. Children are released only to a parent, guardian, or someone you have told us about in advance.

If nobody has arrived fifteen minutes after a session ends, a coach will call the contacts on file and will stay with your child until someone collects them.

We expect players to listen to their coaches, treat teammates with respect, and keep their hands to themselves. Fighting, bullying, repeatedly ignoring safety instructions or damaging equipment can end a session early for the child involved, and in serious or repeated cases can end their registration. Where we end a registration for behavior, the refund position is set out in our refund policy.

The same standard applies to the adults on the sideline. Abuse directed at coaches, officials, children or other parents is grounds for removal from the program.

We may cancel or cut short a session for weather, an unsafe court, a facility closure or a coach emergency. We announce cancellations by email and in the parents’ group chat as early as we can. Cancelled sessions are handled under our refund policy — normally as a make-up session rather than a refund.

We sometimes photograph or film sessions for coaching review and to show families what we do. We ask separately for permission before using an image of your child anywhere public, and you can decline or change your mind at any time by telling a coach. Declining has no effect on your child’s place in the clinic.

When you tick the waiver box at registration, we store that acceptance against your registration along with the date and time. Keep the confirmation email we send you — it is your copy of the transaction, and the date on it tells you which version of this waiver you agreed to.

If we change this waiver in a way that materially affects you, we will ask you to accept the new version at your next registration or renewal rather than applying it silently.

If any part of this waiver is found unenforceable, the rest still applies. This waiver is governed by the law of the state in which the clinic operates. It sits alongside our terms of service and privacy policy.

Questions about this policy? Email jalkharrat@gmail.com, or send a note through the feedback form.