Terms & Conditions
In the context of these terms and conditions, “sportpsychologyforcoaches.ca” refers to the website of the same name, its content, and the adminstrators of the site. The term “administrators” refer to the individuals listed on the “about us” page of the site who are responsible for administering the site. This site is hosted by Nipissing University (100 College Dr., North Bay ON, Canada, P1B 3T7). Users of the site are required to adhere to relevant Nipissing University policies regarding acceptable use of online materials.
Registration as a member of this site and use of the site constitute your acceptance of the terms and conditions of the sportpsychologyforcoaches.ca site. The administrators of the site reserve the right to change these terms and conditions at any time by posting an updated version of the terms and conditions to the site. You are responsible for reviewing the terms and conditions regularly so that you are aware of any changes. Your continued use of the site indicates your acceptance of any changes to the terms and conditions.
Sportpsychologyforcoaches.ca is a not-for-profit resource developed by researchers as a knowledge translation tool to help coaches access applied sport psychology information and resources that they can use with their athletes. As such, we will never ask you to pay for content and we will not provide your contact information to third party service providers.
The content on this site and any content delivered through newsletters or communications from this site to you is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Any other use that involves copying, reproducing, republishing, downloading, posting, broadcasting, or transmitting this information in any way requires prior written permission from the administrators of sportpsychologyforcoaches.ca. You agree to use this site for lawful purposes in a manner that is consistent with Nipissing University’s acceptable use policy.
To access most of the content on this site, you must register for an account. This account is private to you. Sharing of your account information with others is not permitted. All account-based services are provided for the sole use of the account holder. You are responsible for taking reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of your user name and password.
Sportpsychologyforcoaches.ca may use social media as an extension of the website and its content. Social media account(s) are public and are not hosted by the website or the Nipissing University server. Users who choose to interact with us via social media should read the terms of service and privacy policies of these third-party service providers (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube).
Information that you provide to sportpsychologyforcoaches.ca through the website or social media is collected to capture interactions (e.g., questions and answers, “likes”, “retweets”) between you and sportpsychologyforcoaches.ca. This information may be used to respond to inquiries, or for statistical, website evaluation and research, and reporting purposes.
As part of the on-going evaluation and research related to the effectiveness of sportpsychologyforcoaches.ca, a number of web analytics are employed. Web analytics refer to the collection, analysis, measurement, and reporting of data about Web traffic and visits for the purpose of understanding and optimizing usage. Digital information may be used for the purpose of web analytics to track your interaction with sportpsychologyforcoaches.ca and to evaluate the effectiveness of the website. By registering on this site you are agreeing to allow us to use your data for research evaluating the effectiveness of sportpsychforcoaches.ca. Data will be presented as an aggregate, no one will be able to identify you or the athletes or teams you work with.
Sportpsychologyforcoaches.ca uses PROGRAM NAME (e.g., Urchin 7.0) to retain the following web analytics (originating IP address, date and time of content accessed, the page(s) visited and/or downloaded, responses to survey questions on page(s) visited). This information is retained for TIME FRAME. This information is not disclosed to any external third party service provider.
Comments posted to sportpsychologyforcoaches.ca or affiliated social media accounts that violate our terms of use or Canadian law will be deleted. We reserve the right to terminate accounts of users who violate the terms and conditions of sportpsychologyforcoaches.ca. Any misuse of sportpsychologyforcoaches.ca and its affiliated social media accounts may result in investigation and penalties beyond that of the University to include local city police, the Ontario Provincial Police and/or the R.C.M.P. if warranted by the alleged abuse of the University’s Acceptable Use Policies.