An unmatched groundbreaking Soccer Academy is part of the landmark Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is poised to become Asia’s finest competition, training and event complex when it opens this November. Combining a brilliant location with unsurpassed facilities, it is already gaining attention among leading international sporting institutions and international corporations.
PIASLC is sited on over 50 acres of property in the north part of Phuket, Thailand. It possesses a broad assortment of high-class sports facilities that include an International Rugby Board-standard rugby pitch, FIFA-approved Limonta “Soccer Pro’’ soccer field, Phuket’s only competition standard 50-metre 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 fitness enthusiast gym, 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.
There are also two boutique hotels, offering one hundred and fifteen very nice rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The club has quickly gained appreciation through high-profile relationships with global sporting organizations such as Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon. Announcement of tennis and swimming partnerships are anticipated in the near future.
The PIASLC is committed to being the premier sports and corporate event center in Asia. Not only providing Asia’s paramount facilities for sports but also superb facilities and accommodations for conferences, incentives, retreats and teambuilding.
PIASLC announced “Being in Phuket is a big advantage. It is not only an exotic location but the most exciting component of what we are doing is that every element of the club has been planned down to the finest detail from using cutting edge materials and equipment to employing the most qualified staff to manage and coach at the club.”
NZRugbyResources Director, David Adamson, said “Rugby is an extremely popular sport throughout Asia and growing in numbers every year and NZRugbyResources believes this is the finest training and playing facility in Asia. It is just amazing how much detail has gone into the planning.”
[BSS World-renowned BSS uses Futebol de Salao (FDS). The training and game is characterized as a 5-a-side version of soccer originally from Brazil. It is played with a smaller (size 2), and slightly heavier (465gm) ball that has very little bounce to it.
The PIASLC has also announced an association with the US-based IronKids programme. This relationship will focus on bringing four junior Triathlon events each year as well as training camps for youth aged between 6 and 15.
The PIASLC has chosen former professional tennis player David Roberts as Director of Operations to oversee the day-to-day operations at the large Phuket, Thailand sports centre. David brings experience in both operations and pre-openings. He has run elite private sports clubs while with Centara Hotels and Resorts Group. When the PIASLC completes construction in November and starts into full operations he will be focused on the co-ordination between club services, sports academies and membership programmes.
The PIASLC will be delivering a variety of world-class sports, arts, wellness and recreational facilities and programmes for the enjoyment of visitors, students, their families, the local Phuket community and for visiting professional and amateur individual athletes and teams from around the world. PIASLC will establish the standard as a regional hub for sports, arts and wellness in Thailand and Asia, and perhaps the world. PIA is an integrated facility hosting 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. Located in the northern reaches of Phuket, just 15 minutes from Phuket International Airport, PIA also [includes two 38-room boutique hotels and an impressive range of facilities that are perfect for corporate retreats, seminars, and teambuilding programmes and events.
As part of a uniquely integrated complex, the Sports and Leisure Club works in synergy with both the Phuket International Academy Day School and PIAMC. The Phuket International Academy Day School is working to grow into a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. The Phuket International Academy 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 PIAMC has begun to offer training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance. The Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will offer a combination of modern psychology and neuroscience together with traditional Asian contemplative practices. Working in close relation with the Phuket International Academy Day School and the Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club, the programmes offered by Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will contribute to participant’s improved mental equilibrium
and wellbeing. Some retreats incorporates two methods for cultivating meditative quiescence referred to as shamatha. It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is helpful way for soothing the body and calming the mind. A second method taught is both a shamatha practice and vipashyana, “insight meditation” or “settling the mind in its natural state”. Phuket International Academy Mind Centre Meditation, Mind Studies, and Retreats.
