Legal, Disclosures, and Terms of Participation
The Tennis Tactician, LLC is a Florida limited liability company operating themed cardio tennis clinics in the Fort Lauderdale area. This page sets out the terms that govern participation in our clinics, use of this website, purchases made through it, and the disclosures we believe you are entitled to before you give us your money or your time. It is written to be read, not to be survived. Where we could have said less, we have deliberately said more.
By booking a clinic, attending a clinic, or using this website, you agree to the terms below. If you do not agree with them, please do not book, attend, or use the site.
1. Assumption of Risk
Tennis is a physical sport. Cardio tennis is a physically demanding version of it, conducted at an elevated heart rate, frequently in Florida heat and humidity, on hard courts, with multiple players, moving balls, and equipment in play. Participation carries inherent risks that cannot be eliminated no matter how carefully a clinic is run.
Those risks include, without limitation: slips, trips and falls; sprains, strains, fractures and dislocations; contact with balls, racquets, nets, net posts, fencing, ball carts, cones, hurdles, props and other players; overexertion; dehydration; heat exhaustion and heat stroke; sunburn; cardiac events; aggravation of pre-existing conditions; permanent disability; and death. Risks also arise from the condition of the court surface and surrounding facility, from weather, from the conduct of other participants and spectators, and from your own physical condition and judgment.
You voluntarily and knowingly assume all such risks, whether known or unknown, foreseen or unforeseen, and whether arising from the ordinary negligence of The Tennis Tactician, LLC or otherwise, to the fullest extent permitted by Florida law.
2. Release of Liability, Waiver, and Indemnification
To the fullest extent permitted by law, you release, waive, discharge and covenant not to sue The Tennis Tactician, LLC, its owner, officers, employees, contractors, instructors, volunteers, agents, mascots and affiliates, and the owners and operators of any facility at which a clinic is held, including Stranahan High School and the School Board of Broward County, from any and all liability, claims, demands, actions and causes of action arising out of or related to any loss, damage, expense, illness, injury or death resulting from your participation in a clinic or your presence at a clinic site, including claims arising from ordinary negligence.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the parties named above from any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, that they may incur as a result of your participation, your presence at a clinic site, your conduct, or your breach of these terms.
This release does not apply to gross negligence, recklessness, or intentional misconduct, and does not waive any right that cannot lawfully be waived.
3. Medical Fitness and Your Own Judgment
You represent that you are in sufficient physical condition to participate in vigorous cardiovascular exercise, and that you have no medical condition that would make participation unsafe for you or for others. We strongly encourage every participant to consult a physician before beginning any exercise program, and particularly before beginning one built around sustained elevated heart rate.
We are tennis professionals. We are not physicians, physical therapists, dietitians, athletic trainers, or mental health clinicians. Nothing said at a clinic, written on this website, sung in a playlist, or published in an article constitutes medical advice, physical therapy, nutritional advice, diagnosis, treatment, or mental health care. Nothing on this website should be relied on in place of care from a qualified professional.
You are responsible for monitoring your own condition during a clinic and for stopping when you need to stop. Stopping is always permitted. Nobody will be asked why.
4. Mental Health Content and Crisis Resources
This company was founded by someone living with bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and depression, and a substantial amount of our published writing addresses mental illness, suicide, hospitalization, treatment and recovery directly. That material is personal testimony and general-interest writing. It is not clinical guidance and it is not a substitute for professional care.
If you are in crisis in the United States, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, 24 hours a day. If you believe you or someone else is in immediate danger, call 911.
5. Insurance
Jackson Phillips holds professional certification through the Racquet Sports Professionals Association (RSPA) and the Professional Tennis Registry (PTR), and carries the professional liability insurance available to him through those memberships. That coverage is professional liability insurance held by the instructor. It exists to insure the instructor’s professional conduct.
It is not health insurance for participants, it is not accident insurance for participants, and it does not make The Tennis Tactician, LLC responsible for injuries that arise from the inherent risks of the sport, from your own conduct, from the conduct of other participants, or from the condition of a facility we do not own. You are responsible for maintaining your own health insurance. We do not represent that any particular claim would be covered, and no statement on this page should be read as a promise of coverage or of payment.
6. Minors
Participants under the age of eighteen may only attend with the consent of a parent or legal guardian, who must agree to these terms on the minor’s behalf and who accepts the assumption of risk and release above on the minor’s behalf. A parent or guardian must be reachable for the duration of any clinic a minor attends. We reserve the right to require a parent or guardian to remain on site.
7. Conduct, and Our Right to Refuse Service
Our clinics are silly by design and unserious about almost everything except safety and respect. Harassment, discrimination, intimidation, slurs, unwanted physical contact, aggressive coaching of other players, damage to facilities, and participation while impaired by alcohol or drugs are all grounds for immediate removal without refund.
We reserve the right to refuse service, cancel a booking, or remove any participant from a clinic at our discretion where we believe it is necessary for the safety, comfort or enjoyment of others. We also reserve the right to modify or cancel any clinic, theme, drill, game or playlist at any time.
8. Booking, Payment, Cancellation and Refunds
Clinic spots are booked and paid for through this website. A clinic ticket is $60 unless otherwise stated. Season 1 runs three one-hour clinics per week with ten spots per clinic.
Tickets are non-refundable. We know that is inconvenient, and we would rather tell you plainly than bury it. A purchased ticket is a spot we plan a themed clinic around and a spot another player cannot buy, and we are a very small operation without the capacity to process a volume of reversals.
Weather is the exception. If a clinic is cancelled for weather more than thirty minutes before its start time, no refund is issued. If a clinic is cancelled for weather less than thirty minutes before its start time, a full refund is issued. If we cancel a clinic for any reason of our own, you receive a full refund or a credit, at your election.
Medals, badges, discounts, loyalty tiers, promotional credits and other rewards have no cash value, are not transferable, are not property, and may be modified or discontinued at any time.
9. Photography, Video and Media Release
We photograph and record our clinics. Themed clinics are the product, and documenting them is how the company is built and marketed. By attending a clinic you grant The Tennis Tactician, LLC an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to photograph and record you, and to use, reproduce, edit and publish those images, recordings and your likeness in any medium for any lawful purpose connected with the company, including promotion, social media, articles and this website, without further notice, approval or compensation.
If you do not want to appear in our media, tell us before the clinic begins and we will accommodate you. If material featuring you has already been published and you want it removed, write to us and we will remove it. See section 12.
10. Amazon Associates and Affiliate Disclosure
The Tennis Tactician, LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
In plain terms: when you click a product link on our Pro Shop and buy something on Amazon, we may receive a small percentage of that sale, at no additional cost to you. Every product link on this site should be treated as a paid affiliate link whether or not it is individually marked.
We want to be exact about the limits of that relationship, because the appearance of a product on our site can easily be mistaken for something it is not. We do not sell these products. We do not stock, handle, inspect, pack, ship or fulfil them. We have no role whatsoever in pricing, availability, product quality, safety, authenticity, warranty, customer service, delivery, damage in transit, returns, refunds or exchanges. We are a pathway to Amazon’s front door and nothing more.
The appearance of a product on this website is not an endorsement, a recommendation, a certification of quality, or a representation that we have used or tested it. Product descriptions, images and specifications on our site may be incomplete, out of date, or wrong. The listing on Amazon governs, and your purchase is a transaction between you and Amazon or its third-party seller under their terms, not with us. Any dispute about a product must be taken up with Amazon or the seller.
11. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure
A great deal of the content published by The Tennis Tactician, LLC is generated with artificial intelligence. This includes, without limitation: images, illustrations, posters, court canvases and promotional artwork; music, songs, lyrics and audio; written articles, product descriptions, clinic descriptions, captions and metadata; drills, games and themed materials; and portions of this website itself.
We consider the following disclosure the most important sentence on this page. The volume of content this company produces is far greater than any person could personally review. It is already the case, and it will continue to be the case, that material generated by artificial intelligence is placed in front of paying customers that no member of our staff has ever read, watched, or listened to.
That fact carries all of its natural implications and we are not going to soften them. AI-generated material can contain factual errors, invented details, misspellings, nonsensical text within images, distorted anatomy, wrong or misleading product information, unintended resemblances to real people or existing works, and content that is simply strange. Some of it will be wrong. Some of it will be unreviewed at the moment you encounter it. None of it should be relied upon as fact, as advice, or as a representation about anything in the world.
Where AI-generated media depicts a person, that person is generally synthetic and does not exist. Where our own mascot or founder appears, the image is generated from reference photographs with permission. We do not use artificial intelligence to fabricate testimonials, reviews, endorsements, or the appearance of a real person endorsing us.
If you find AI-generated content on this site that is inaccurate, offensive, infringing, or that resembles you or something of yours, tell us and we will remove it. See section 12. We would rather hear about it than not.
12. Intellectual Property, Likeness, and Immediate Takedown
Our clinics are built around themes that reference culture, history, geography, music, film and public life. We make every effort to stay within the law regarding copyright, trademark, rights of publicity and personality, moral rights, and every other vested right, and we build our themed material to be original, transformative, non-commercial in its use of any identity, and clearly presented as tribute rather than endorsement. We do not use paparazzi or agency photographs. We do not claim, imply or suggest sponsorship, endorsement or affiliation by any person, estate, brand or rights holder depicted or referenced in our themes.
We nonetheless know that we operate at a volume where mistakes are possible, and we would rather be corrected than be right.
Accordingly: we will immediately take down and remove any media element whatsoever, of any kind, at the good-faith request of anybody. You do not need to be a lawyer. You do not need to own a registered right. You do not need to prove anything, cite a statute, or explain yourself. You do not need to threaten us. If you tell us in good faith that something we published should come down, it comes down, and we will not argue with you about it first. Our target is removal of every copy across our website and channels within two hours of the request reaching us.
Requests should be sent to the contact address in section 18 with enough detail to identify the material. Nothing in this paragraph limits any other right or remedy you may have, and removal is not an admission of liability.
13. DMCA Notices
If you believe material on this site infringes your copyright, you may send a notice under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to the contact address in section 18, including: identification of the copyrighted work; identification of the material claimed to be infringing and its location; your contact information; a statement that you have a good faith belief the use is not authorised; a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are authorised to act on the owner’s behalf; and your signature. As stated in section 12, you do not need to go to this trouble to have something removed. This section exists for those who want the formal route.
14. Website Content, Accuracy and Availability
This website is provided on an as-is and as-available basis, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or free of harmful components, or that any content on it is accurate, complete or current. Clinic schedules, themes, prices, availability and descriptions are subject to change without notice.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, The Tennis Tactician, LLC will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data or goodwill, arising out of your use of this website. To the fullest extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to this website or any clinic is limited to the amount you actually paid us in the twelve months preceding the claim.
15. Third-Party Links and Services
This site links to third parties, including Amazon, payment processors, social platforms, streaming and music services, and the websites of charitable organisations. We do not control those sites and are not responsible for their content, products, practices, availability or privacy policies. A link is not an endorsement. Your dealings with any third party are between you and that third party.
Charitable organisations named on this site have not endorsed, sponsored, or partnered with The Tennis Tactician, LLC unless expressly stated. Our stated commitment to direct five percent of clinic and Pro Shop profits to mental health and suicide prevention charities is a commitment we make on our own initiative, and naming an organisation does not imply any relationship with it.
16. Privacy
We collect the information you give us when you book a clinic or contact us, which typically includes your name, email address and payment information, and information automatically collected by this website and its hosting and analytics providers, such as IP address, device and browser information, and pages visited. Payment card details are processed by our payment processor; we do not store full card numbers.
We use that information to run clinics, process payments, operate our loyalty programme, send you the post-clinic email containing your playlist and badge, respond to you, and improve what we do. We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with service providers who need it to deliver those functions, or where required by law.
You may ask us to correct or delete your information, or to stop emailing you, at any time, by writing to the address in section 18. Every marketing email we send includes an unsubscribe link. This site is not directed at children under thirteen and we do not knowingly collect their information.
17. Governing Law, Venue, and General Terms
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these terms, this website, or any clinic shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Broward County, Florida, and you consent to the jurisdiction of those courts.
If any provision of these terms is held unenforceable, that provision will be limited or severed to the minimum extent necessary and the remaining provisions will remain in full force. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of it. These terms, together with any clinic-specific terms presented at the time of booking, are the entire agreement between us on their subject matter.
We may update this page at any time. The version posted here is the version that applies. Material changes will be reflected in the effective date below, and your continued use of the site or attendance at clinics after a change constitutes acceptance of it.
19. Facility, Parking, and Personal Property
Our clinics are held at facilities we do not own, including Stranahan High School. Access, parking, restrooms, lighting, court condition and hours are controlled by the facility, not by us, and are subject to change or closure without notice. You are a guest of that facility and must follow its rules, including any rules about entry, smoking, alcohol, pets, vehicles and photography.
We are not responsible for loss, theft or damage to your personal property, including racquets, bags, phones, keys, jewellery, clothing, or vehicles and their contents, whether left courtside, in a car park, or anywhere else. Bring what you are willing to be responsible for.
20. Emergency Medical Treatment
In the event of an injury or medical emergency, you authorise The Tennis Tactician, LLC and its instructors to summon emergency medical services and to arrange such first aid, treatment or transport as they reasonably believe necessary. You are responsible for the cost of any medical treatment, ambulance or hospital care arising from your participation, and you agree that neither the company nor its instructors is liable for the acts or omissions of any emergency responder or medical provider.
We ask that you disclose any condition, allergy or medication that a responder would need to know about. That information is used only for your safety.
21. Illness and Communicable Disease
Do not attend a clinic if you have a fever, an active infection, or symptoms of a communicable illness. Participation in group physical activity carries an inherent risk of exposure to communicable diseases, including but not limited to colds, influenza and COVID-19. You assume that risk, and you release the company from claims arising from exposure. We may adopt or change health requirements at any time in line with public health guidance or facility policy.
22. Weather, Heat, and Lightning
Clinics are outdoors and weather governs them. We follow the standard thirty-minute lightning rule: play stops at the first sound of thunder or sighting of lightning and does not resume until thirty minutes after the last one. We may shorten, delay, relocate or cancel a clinic for heat, air quality, storms, standing water or unsafe court conditions at our sole discretion. The refund terms in section 8 apply.
South Florida heat is a genuine hazard. Hydrate before you arrive, not just during. If you feel dizzy, nauseated, confused, or stop sweating, stop immediately and tell the instructor.
23. Equipment
Loaner racquets, balls, ball machines, scoring equipment, cones, hurdles, props, medals and other equipment are provided as a convenience and are used at your own risk. Inspect anything you borrow before using it and tell us immediately if it is damaged. You are responsible for the cost of equipment you damage through misuse. We make no warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding any equipment, including any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
24. Guests, Spectators, and Children Present but Not Participating
Family and friends are welcome to watch. Spectators are subject to the same conduct rules and the same assumption of risk, and are the responsibility of the participant who brought them. Children present but not participating must be supervised by an adult at all times and must remain off the court surface during play. Balls travel fast and do not distinguish between players and bystanders.
25. The Scoreboard, Nicknames, and Leaderboards
Our clinics use a live electronic scoreboard. Players choose their own nickname, which is displayed to everyone on court, may be recorded in our records, and may appear in leaderboards, recaps, social posts and other published material. Choose a nickname you are comfortable seeing in public. We may decline or change a nickname that is offensive or that identifies a third party.
Scores, point totals, medal counts and attendance records are our records. We may correct, adjust or void them where there has been an error, a malfunction or an attempt to manipulate them. Our determination of results is final.
26. The Tactical Squad Loyalty Programme
Membership in The Tactical Squad is free, personal to you, and not transferable. Badges, tiers, medals, credits and rewards have no cash value, are not property, cannot be sold or exchanged for cash, and confer no vested right. We may change the structure, the thresholds, the rewards, or the programme itself, and may suspend or terminate any membership, at any time and without notice, including where we reasonably believe the programme has been abused. Unused benefits are forfeited on termination.
27. Merchandise
Branded merchandise sold directly by us is subject to the returns terms shown at the point of sale. Merchandise fulfilled by a third party is subject to that party’s terms. Colours shown on screen may differ from the item. Wearing our merchandise to a clinic earns the discount described on the website; that discount is applied at our discretion and may change.
28. Electronic Communications
By giving us your email address or phone number you consent to receive electronic communications from us relating to your bookings, your clinics, your loyalty membership, and our marketing. Every marketing message includes a way to unsubscribe. Transactional messages about a booking you have made are not marketing and will still be sent. Message and data rates may apply. You consent to transact with us electronically and agree that electronic records and signatures satisfy any requirement that an agreement be in writing.
29. Cookies and Analytics
This website uses cookies and similar technologies for essential functionality, to remember your preferences, and to understand how the site is used. Third-party services we use, including our host, our payment processor, embedded video and music players, and analytics providers, may set their own cookies and collect information under their own privacy policies. You can control cookies through your browser settings; disabling them may break parts of the site.
30. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live you may have rights to access, correct, delete, port, or restrict the processing of your personal information, to object to processing, and to withdraw consent. Residents of California, other US states with comprehensive privacy laws, the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom may have additional rights, including the right not to be discriminated against for exercising them. We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising. To exercise any right, write to us using the contact details in section 18; we will verify your request and respond within the period required by the applicable law.
We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes described here or as required by law, and we take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect it. No system is perfectly secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
31. Music, Playlists, and Public Performance
Music played at our clinics includes commercially released recordings and original tracks created for the company. Where a public performance licence is required for recorded music played at a venue, that obligation rests with the party responsible under the applicable facility agreement and licensing scheme. Playlists shared with participants after a clinic are shared for personal, non-commercial reference and link to third-party streaming services under their own terms. We do not distribute, sell or licence commercial recordings.
32. Recording by Participants
You may photograph and record your own participation for personal use. Do not photograph or record other participants, or their children, without their consent, and do not publish material featuring them without their consent. We may ask you to stop recording, or to delete material, where it affects the safety, privacy or comfort of others. Commercial filming, press access and drone use require our prior written permission.
33. No Guarantee of Results
We make no promise about fitness outcomes, weight loss, calorie expenditure, skill improvement, ranking, injury prevention, or mental health benefit. Statements on this site about burning calories, getting fitter, or feeling better are descriptions of what we aim for and what participants have reported, not guarantees. Any figures quoted for calories, heart rate or intensity are general estimates and will differ for every individual.
34. Testimonials and Endorsements
Any testimonial or review published on this site reflects the individual experience of the person who gave it and is not a guarantee that you will have the same experience. We do not pay for testimonials. Where a person has received anything of value in connection with a statement about us, that fact will be disclosed alongside the statement. We do not generate fake reviews, and we do not use artificial intelligence to create testimonials or to simulate a real person endorsing us.
35. Instructor Credentials
Statements about certification refer to credentials held through the Racquet Sports Professionals Association and the Professional Tennis Registry. Those are teaching credentials in racquet sports. They are not medical, psychological, nutritional, physiotherapeutic or legal qualifications, and nothing about them should be taken as a representation of expertise outside of tennis instruction.
36. Feedback and Submissions
If you send us an idea, a theme suggestion, a nickname, a photograph, a review or any other material, you grant us a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to use, reproduce, modify and publish it in connection with the company, and you confirm you have the right to give us that licence. We treat submissions as non-confidential. This does not affect your rights under section 12, which apply to anything you later want removed.
37. Trademarks
The Tennis Tactician, the Tennis Tactician logo, Burn Laugh Learn, The Tactical Squad, and our clinic and series names are marks of The Tennis Tactician, LLC. All other names, brands, logos, characters, titles and marks referenced anywhere on this site are the property of their respective owners and are used for identification and descriptive purposes only. Their appearance does not imply any affiliation with, sponsorship by, or endorsement from their owners, and we claim no rights in them.
38. Force Majeure
We are not liable for any failure or delay in performance caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including hurricanes, tropical storms, flooding, fire, extreme heat, power or network failure, facility closure, labour action, epidemic or pandemic, governmental action, or acts of war or terrorism. Where a clinic cannot be held for such a reason, the refund terms in section 8 apply.
39. Assignment, Termination, and Survival
You may not assign or transfer your rights under these terms, including a booked clinic spot, without our written consent. We may assign these terms in connection with a sale or reorganisation of the business. We may suspend or terminate your access to this website or to our clinics at any time for any reason, including breach of these terms. The provisions concerning assumption of risk, release, indemnification, intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, privacy and governing law survive any termination.
40. Interpretation
Headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. The words ‘including’ and ‘includes’ mean including without limitation. If these terms are translated, the English version governs. Nothing in these terms is intended to exclude or limit any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by gross negligence, for fraud, or under any consumer protection law that applies to you and cannot be waived.
41. Accessibility
We want this site and our clinics to be usable by as many people as possible, and our clinics are open to every body and every age. If you encounter a barrier on this website, or need an accommodation to participate in a clinic, write to us and we will do what we reasonably can. Tell us before the clinic so we can prepare rather than improvise.
42. This Page Is Not Legal Advice
This page states our terms and our disclosures. It is not legal advice to you, it does not create a lawyer-client relationship, and it should not be relied on as a model for anyone else’s business. Our founder is a licensed attorney in states other than Florida; that fact does not make anything on this page advice, and it does not make him your lawyer.
43. Contact
The Tennis Tactician, LLC — Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For takedown requests, privacy requests, DMCA notices, refund questions, accessibility issues, or anything else on this page, write to us through the contact form on this website. Takedown requests are handled first and fastest.
Effective Date
This page is effective as of its most recent update and supersedes all prior versions.