Terms & Conditions

Terms & Conditions | The Female Player Pathway

1. Core Business Identity & Booking Policy

The Female Player Pathway provides a professional, high-performance football development environment. By registering and booking a session via our portal, you are entering into a formal agreement for specialist coaching.

Non-Refundable Fees: Once a session or term has been booked and paid for, all fees are strictly non-refundable under any circumstances. This policy is in place due to our pre-committed staffing costs, professional venue hire, and limited player ratios. This includes, but is not limited to, absences due to illness, injury, holidays, school trips, or other personal commitments.

2. Session Adjustments & Force Majeure

We reserve the right to adjust session formats, durations, or venues (for example, moving a session indoors or shortening a session) to ensure the safety and wellbeing of participants, specifically in response to weather conditions or facility requirements. Refunds will not be made in the event of such changes.

Events Beyond Our Control: Fees are non-refundable in the event of cancellations or delays due to events beyond our reasonable control, including, but not limited to, extreme weather, facility closures, strikes, or public health emergencies. Where possible, an alternative session may be offered at our discretion, but this is not guaranteed.

3. Punctuality, Late Arrivals & No-Shows

Session Timing: If a player arrives late, the session will still end at the scheduled time to maintain the structure of our Technical Labs.
No-Shows: No-shows are not eligible for refunds.
Rescheduling: Individual missed sessions may be rescheduled or carried over to another date or term at the discretion of the lead coach, but this is not guaranteed in all circumstances. Credits or rescheduling may be eligible if you let the coach know before the session commences, but this remains at the club's sole discretion.

4. Equipment Use & Care

You should ensure that your child wears suitable clothing and footwear (football boots or trainers depending on the session) to sessions, has all appropriate safety equipment, such as shin pads, and has adequate drinks and weather protection available to them.

Damage to Property: We reserve the right to charge you for the repair or replacement of equipment that is damaged as a result of careless or deliberate actions of you or your child. This does not apply to reasonable wear and tear or accidental damage occurring during normal use.

5. Medical Conditions, First Aid & Special Requirements

You must complete a medical information form when registering your player for any of our sessions. It is essential that we are made aware of any medical conditions, allergies, or specific needs (including info regarding the menstrual cycle for our Biological Synchronicity pillar) to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all participants.

Parental Responsibility: You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to make us aware of any such information and to update us with any changes. By signing up, you certify that your player is medically and physically capable of participating.
First Aid Consent: In the event of any player needing first aid assistance, our first aid trained coaches will provide any relevant treatment they deem necessary. By registering, you give permission for our first aiders to treat your child, including any referral to a doctor and admission to hospital considered to be necessary.
Emergency Contact: For sessions where a parent or guardian is not required to be in attendance (e.g., Camps), you must ensure that contact details are up to date and that we are able to reach you during the session. If you will not be contactable, it is your responsibility to provide alternative contact details for someone who will be available and who you confirm we can liaise with.

6. Limitation of Liability

We take all reasonable care in delivering its services, but neither we nor any of our staff accept any liability for any injury, loss, damage or expense arising from participation in our sessions, Camps or events, except where required by law.

Risk Acknowledgement: Participation is at your own risk and it is your responsibility to ensure that the participant is fit and able to take part. By booking, you confirm your understanding that physical activity may carry a risk of injury. We do not accept liability for any loss, theft, or damage to personal property brought to sessions.

7. Photography & Videography

We may take photos or videos during sessions, Camps, or events to use for marketing and training purposes, including on our website, social media, promotional literature, and any press-related content. If you would prefer your child not to appear in marketing photography or videography, please inform us and confirm this in an email to: femaleplayerpathway@coverallangles.co.uk.

8. Respect Code of Conduct (Players)

When playing football with The Female Player Pathway, I will:

Play fairly and not cheat, dive, complain, or waste time.
Respect my teammates, the other team, the referee, and my coach or team manager.
Play by the rules, as directed by the referee.
Be gracious in victory and defeat; I will show respect to the opposite team and referee at the end of the game.
Listen and respond to what my coach must do; they do what is best for the team and not one individual player.
Talk to someone I trust or the club Welfare Officer if I am unhappy about anything at my club.

Sanctions for Players: I understand that if I do not follow the code, any/all of the following actions may be taken:

Be required to apologise to teammates, my coach, and any visiting club members.
Receive a formal warning from the coach or be excluded from game scenarios.
Be suspended from training or be required to leave the pathway.
The Female Player Pathway may make my parent or carer aware of any infringements of the Code of Conduct.
The FA/County FA could make a complaint against The Female Player Pathway.

9. Respect Code of Conduct (Spectators & Parents)

We all have a collective responsibility to set a good example. If we behave positively during training and game scenarios, our children will too. Parents and spectators must:

Remember that children play for fun and development.
Celebrate effort and good play from both sides.
Always respect the referee and coach’s decisions and encourage players to do the same.
Stay behind the touchline and within the designated spectator’s area.
Allow the coach to do their job and do not confuse players by instructing them what to do.
When players make mistakes, offer them encouragement to try again next time.
Never engage in, or tolerate, offensive, insulting, or abusive language or behaviour.
Communication & Social Media: Parents/guardians must not place aggressive or abusive messages on WhatsApp or Social Media. We implement a 24-hour cooling-off period prior to addressing training or game concerns to the coach to prevent reactive miscommunications.

10. Behaviour Support Pathway

We reserve the right to implement this pathway at our discretion:

Stage 1 – Player Reminder: A verbal reminder of our Code of Conduct issued to the player.
Stage 2 – Parent Communication: We will contact the parent/guardian to explain the situation. This may include being asked to leave the session early with no refund.
Stage 3 – Behaviour Monitoring Period: Conduct will be observed closely across all sessions. Parents are informed that this is a final opportunity to follow expectations.
Stage 4 – Cooling-Off Period: If behaviour does not improve, the player will be asked to take a three-month break from all The Female Player Pathway events. No bookings permitted during this time.
Stage 5 – Return with Conditions: Following the break, the player enters a four-week observation period. Any further incidents result in permanent removal from all programmes with no refunds.

11. Parental Supervision & Handover

A parent/guardian must be in attendance at all sessions, other than at Camps. Players must be brought to the session and handed over to the coach at the designated start time. At the end of the session, children must be collected promptly. Neither The Female Player Pathway nor our staff can take responsibility for any child who leaves the pitch without a parent or guardian.

12. Confidentiality

All training sessions and player records are conducted in a professional and confidential manner unless disclosure is required by law.