These terms cover how training works with Darting Basketball Academy, our text messaging program, memberships and billing, and the risks that come with athletic activity. Data handling is covered in our Privacy Policy, and both apply together.
1. Agreement to these terms
"Darting Basketball Academy", "we", "us" and "our" mean Darting Basketball Academy LLC, a youth basketball skills training business based in Topeka, Kansas, with additional Kansas training locations, led by founder Kerry Darting. "You" means the individual using our website or programs, or the parent or legal guardian of an athlete enrolled in our programs.
By using the website at dartingbasketball.com, sending us a form, registering an athlete, or otherwise taking part in our programs, you agree to these Terms of Service and to our Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part, do not register.
2. Our services
- DBA Membership (18-week skills academy). Group basketball skills training for youth athletes, run in two 9-week semesters and organized by age group.
- Shooting Labs. 45-minute group shooting sessions, paid per session.
- Private workouts. One-on-one sessions with a DBA skills trainer.
- Camps and leagues. Half-day camps over school breaks, and spring, summer and fall leagues.
- DBA Youth Foundation. The Scholar Program and its volunteer mentors. Nominations and volunteer applications are reviewed by the foundation and are not guaranteed a place.
Schedules, locations, trainers and program formats may change. We will give as much notice as we reasonably can. We do not promise any particular athletic result, team placement, scholarship or playing time.
3. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old to use the forms on this site, to enroll an athlete, to purchase any service, or to opt in to text messages. Athletes under 18 may take part only when a parent or legal guardian has enrolled them and accepted these terms on their behalf. By enrolling a youth athlete you confirm that you are their parent or legal guardian and have authority to agree to these terms for them. Adults who volunteer with or nominate a student to the DBA Youth Foundation accept these terms for themselves.
4. SMS program terms
Program name
Our text messaging program is called Darting Basketball Academy Alerts. Messages in this program come from Darting Basketball Academy only.
How you opt in
You join only by ticking an SMS consent checkbox on a form on this site: the contact form at /contact, the "find the right program" form on the home page, the Scholar Program nomination form at /youth-foundation-application, or the volunteer form at /volunteer-requirements. The checkboxes are unticked by default. Providing a phone number is optional, and a phone number on its own does not opt you in. By ticking a checkbox you confirm that you are the owner or authorized user of the mobile number and that you are at least 18 years old.
Two separate, optional consents
- Transactional messages. Replies to your inquiry, registration confirmations, session reminders, schedule changes, and account notices.
- Marketing messages. Program updates, camp, clinic and event announcements, and occasional promotions.
Each type has its own checkbox, and both are optional. Opting in to one does not opt you in to the other. Neither consent is a condition of purchase: you can register and train with us without agreeing to receive any text messages.
Frequency and cost
Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply, and those charges come from your mobile carrier, not from us.
STOP and HELP
Reply STOP to any message to opt out. You will receive one message confirming that you have been unsubscribed, and no further texts unless you opt in again. Reply HELP for help, or contact us at kerry@dartingbasketball.com. Opting out of texts does not affect your training or your membership.
Carriers
Mobile carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. Delivery depends on your carrier and device, and we cannot guarantee that every message arrives.
Privacy
No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Our Privacy Policy explains in full how mobile numbers and SMS consent are handled.
5. Registration and billing
- Where you register. Registration and payment for our programs happen on Upper Hand, a third party registration platform. Upper Hand's own terms apply to your account there.
- Pricing. The specific price, payment schedule and any join fee for the option you choose are shown to you at registration, before you pay. The membership can be paid once in full or in monthly payments.
- Recurring billing. When you choose monthly payments, you authorize the charges shown at registration to be taken from your payment method on that schedule.
- Cancellation and refunds. Cancellation and refund terms are presented at registration. If anything on this page differs from what you agreed to at registration, the registration terms control.
- Payment processing. We do not store full card numbers on our own systems.
- Price changes. We may change prices for future programs with advance notice. A change never applies to a program you have already paid for.
6. Assumption of risk
Inherent risk. Basketball training involves strenuous physical activity and carries an inherent risk of injury, including sprains, strains, fractures, concussions and contact injuries. By enrolling an athlete, or taking part yourself, you confirm that the participant is physically able to take part and that you have told us about any medical condition that could affect their safety.
Release. To the fullest extent permitted by Kansas law, you assume the ordinary risks of athletic participation and release Darting Basketball Academy, its coaches and staff from claims arising out of those ordinary risks. Nothing in these terms releases liability that cannot lawfully be released, including liability for gross negligence or intentional misconduct.
Emergency medical care. If a parent or guardian cannot be reached in an emergency, you authorize us to seek emergency medical care for the athlete at your expense.
Signed waiver. We may ask you to sign a separate waiver at enrollment. These terms apply from the moment an athlete first takes part, whether or not a separate waiver has been signed yet.
7. Conduct
Athletes, parents and guardians are expected to treat coaches, staff, other athletes and facility hosts with respect, to arrive on time, and to follow the rules of every facility we train in. We may end a session, or suspend or end a membership, for conduct that puts athletes or coaches at risk or that is abusive toward anyone. You also agree not to misuse this website, including by submitting false information or another person's phone number, or by interfering with how the site works.
8. Media
We may take photos and video during sessions, camps and events, for coaching and for use in our own content, including our website and social media. You can tell us at any time that you do not want your athlete to appear in our content, and you can ask us to take down a specific photo or clip. We will remove it from anything we control. Our Privacy Policy says more.
9. Intellectual property
The Darting Basketball Academy name and logo, and the text, images, video, drills, training plans and other materials on this site and in our programs, belong to Darting Basketball Academy or its licensors. You may use them for your own personal, non-commercial training. You may not copy, resell or republish them without our written permission.
10. Disclaimers and limitation of liability
This website and its content are provided as is, without warranties of any kind, to the fullest extent permitted by law. Training information on this site is general and is not medical advice.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim arising from our programs or this site is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim. We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages. Nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.
11. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Kansas, without regard to conflict of law rules. Any dispute that cannot be resolved directly with us will be handled in the state or federal courts serving Shawnee County, Kansas.
If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.
12. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. Material changes will be communicated in advance, the effective date at the top of the page will change, and the current version always lives on this page. Continuing to use our site or programs after a change means you accept the updated terms.
13. Contact us
- Email kerry@dartingbasketball.com
- Darting Basketball Academy, attention Kerry Darting
- 4311 SE Illinois Ave, Topeka, KS 66609