POLICIES 

ACADEMY BASEBALL-SOFTBALL 

​​PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for academy-baseball-softball.com. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website. It will notify you of the following:

1. What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.

2. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.

3. The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.

4. How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

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Information Collection, Use, and Sharing:

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. We will use your information to respond to you regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request (ex: to ship an order). Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

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Your Access to and Control Over Information:

You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

• See what data we have about you, if any.

• Change/correct any data we have about you.

•  Have us delete any data we have about you.

• Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

 

Security:

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the web page. While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (ex: billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment. If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at 315-925-8155 or via email academybaseballandsoftball@gmail.com.

 

Registration:

To use this website, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give certain information (ex: name and email address). This information is used to contact you about the products/services on our site in which you have expressed interest.

 

Orders:

We request information from you on our order form. To buy from us, you must provide contact information (ex: name and shipping address) and financial information (ex: credit card number/expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we'll use this information to contact you. We use an outside shipping company to ship orders and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purpose beyond filling your order.

 

Cookies:

We use "cookies" on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor's hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site. Links This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

 

Surveys & Contests:

 From time-to-time our site requests information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (ex: name and shipping address), and demographic information (ex: zip code/age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.

 

PHOTO RELEASE POLICY

At our academy, we feature photos of our players on our social media channels. If you prefer not to have your child's photo shared, please complete a form. By enrolling in any of our programs, events, or teams, you consent to us using your photos for promotional purposes and similar activities. We take the privacy and preferences of our participants seriously and strive to ensure that everyone feels comfortable and respected. Our dedicated team is always available to address any concerns or questions you may have regarding our policies. Our academy is committed to creating a positive and supportive environment for all our players. We believe in celebrating their achievements and milestones, and sharing these moments can inspire others and foster a sense of community. However, we understand that privacy is paramount, and we will always honor your wishes regarding the use of photos and other personal information.

 

ACADEMY BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ATHLETIC CODE OF CONDUCT

We believe sports is the vehicle to create more productive young men and women who will make a positive contribution to their community and society. Children who participate in youth sports have a proven advantage in life over children who do not participate. There is endless research on the benefits of youth sports, which unfortunately has been lost in this era of travel sports that we live in, such as:

•  Discipline

•  Accountability

• Hard work pays off

• Teamwork- youth sports currently only focus on individual accomplishments and teach the individual is more important than the team. We support a team first mentality.

• Integrity

• Commitment

• Honesty

• Community/Sense of belonging

• Perseverance and Determination

• Character

• Self Confidence

Parents will remember youth baseball is a game and it is fun to play. The game is for the youth, not the adults.  

 

Parents/Players:

•  will be respectful of the coach’s decisions.

• will always demonstrate good sportsmanship.

• will show interest, enthusiasm, and support for all children on the team.

• will avoid any derogatory comments towards coaches.

       (If there are concerns you wish to bring to the coach’s attention, parents will apply the “24 Hour Rule” before having a respectful, private conversation -wait 24 hours to schedule an appointment to speak with the coach).

• will respect all umpires and not question or comment on any decisions or calls the umpires make.

• will refrain from using profanity, insults, or demeaning language before/during or after games and practices.

 

Parents:

•  will not coach their children during the games. (This includes yelling any instructions to any player on the field.)

• will remain in the spectator area and will be in control of their emotions.

• will not enter the field of play or dugout before or during games and practices.

• will acknowledge that a player’s best effort is more important than winning and each player has a personal best which is unique to them. (Not all players are at the same ability level and the important factor is the player’s effort and attitude.)

• will not complain about playing time to coaches or directors of the Academy.

• will not be allowed to schedule meetings with coaches or Academy directors to discuss playing time. (We have a zero-tolerance policy with complaints and discussions regarding playing time. If this occurs, parents and players will be asked to leave the program. Coaches will keep the best interests of the TEAM in mind when distributing playing time. Playing time is earned, not guaranteed. With that said, coaches will always attempt to assure players get at least one at bat and 1 inning in the field. Not all players will have equal playing time.)

 

Any violation to the Code of Conduct can result in dismissal from the program and no refunds will be offered.

Participants must sign waiver prior to activity. The waiver can be filled out here WAIVER. 

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