A first-rate revolutionary Soccer Academy is attached to the landmark Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is preparing to become Asia’s unsurpassed competition, training and event complex when it opens this November. Combining a exceptional location with unsurpassed facilities, it is already attracting attention among important global sporting institutions and international corporations.
The complex is sited on 54 acres of land in the northern section of Phuket, Thailand. It boasts a wide-ranging assortment of high-quality sports facilities including an International Rugby Board-standard rugby pitch, FIFA-approved Limonta “Soccer Pro’’ soccer field, competitive fifty-meter eight lane outdoor swimming pool (suitable for water polo and competitive swimming), a fully shaded 25 metre, eight lane swimming pool, toddler’s and children’s pools and play area, a six court tennis academy, a 500 metre athletics running track and a StarTrac equipped hi-tech gymnasium, as well as a performing arts centre and a Thai Herbal Garden Spa. Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club Sports, Leisure and Events Centre.
Accommodations are available in the form of two comfortable hotels, with one hundred and fifteen well-appointed rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The Sports and Leisure Club has rapidly earned recognition through prestiguous connections with global sporting organizations such as Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon. Announcement of tennis and swimming partnerships are expected soon.
The PIASLC is being positioned as the premier sports and corporate event center in Asia. Not only offering Asia’s greatest facilities for sports but also brilliant facilities and accommodations for conferences, incentives, retreats and teambuilding.
PIASLC announced “As a fully-integrated complex, we are also going to be the perfect location for companies looking to build something active, creative or wellness inspired into their event programmes.”
NZRugbyResources Director, David Adamson, said the PIASLC complex were “second to none” and perfect for conducting elite and amateur training camps and competitions.
The top-rated youth soccer training programme is also based at the greatest sports and recreation PIASLC complex. World-renowned BSS is based upon Futebol de Salao (FDS). The training and game is known for a 5-a-side version of football with origins in South America. It is played with a smaller (size 2), and slightly heavier (465gm) ball that has very little bounce to it.
The PIASLC has also confirmed an affiliation with the US-based IronKids programme. This connection will focus on bringing four junior Triathlon events every year as well as training camps for children aged between 6 and 15.
There is little debate that to become a great sports destination requires great facilities and popular location. But it takes outstanding people too. The Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is establishing it has all these elements as it strives to be established as a contender as Asia’s top international sports destination.
The PIASLC will be providing a wide range of world-class sports, arts, wellness and recreational facilities and programmes for the enjoyment of visitors, the school’s pupils, their families, the local Phuket community and for visiting professional and amateur individual athletes and teams from around the globe. PIASLC will establish the standard as a regional hub for sports, arts and wellness in Thailand and Asia, and perhaps the world. Phuket International Academy is an integrated facility boasting Phuket’s newest International School, a versatile Sports and Leisure Club for elite athletes, amateur enthusiasts, artists and wellness seekers – all within the Mind Centre sanctuary that provides training in the cultivation of mental and emotional balance. PIA is a convenient drive near Phuket International Airport and includes two 38-room comfortable hotels and facilities that are great for Meetings, Conventions and Events of all types.
As part of a uniquely integrated complex, the Sports and Leisure Club works in synergy with both the PIADS and Phuket International Academy Mind Centre . The Phuket International Academy Day School is aspiring to grow into a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. The PIA Day School has first-rate facilities, teachers, trainers, staff and administration. Click this link for additional information on the Phuket International Academy Day School International School Thailand.
As part of a total commitment to sports excellence the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre has begun to deliver training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance. The Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will offer a combination of modern psychology and neuroscience in association with ancient Asian contemplative practices. Featuring openess, the PIAMC conducts retreats and seminars. It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is a successful method for soothing the body and calming the mind. A second method taught is both a shamatha practice and vipashyana, “insight meditation” also referred to as “settling the mind in its natural state”. Phuket International Academy Mind Centre Meditation, Mind Studies, and Retreats.
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