An unparalleled revolutionary Soccer Academy is attached to the pioneering Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is poised to become Asia’s finest competition, training and event facility when it begins full operations this November. Combining a superb location with unsurpassed facilities, it is already attracting awareness among leading global sporting institutions and international corporations.
PIASLC is set on over 50 acres of property in the northern section of Phuket, Thailand. It possesses a widespread group of high-quality sporting facilities including 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, runners 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.
Accommodations are available in the form of two boutique hotels, providing one hundred and fifteen well-appointed rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The Sports and Leisure Club has quickly gained recognition through prestiguous connections with international sporting organizations including Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon. Announcement of tennis and swimming association are expected in the near future.
The PIASLC is working toward becoming the premier sports and corporate event center in Asia. Not only providing Asia’s greatest facilities for sports but also brilliant 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.”
PIASLC] Brazilian Soccer Camp programme. World-renowned BSS uses Futebol de Salao (FDS). The training and game is known for a 5-a-side version of football with origins in Brazil. Futebol de Salao is played with a smaller (size 2), and slightly heavier (465gm) ball that has virtually no bounce to it.
The PIASLC has also confirmed an association with the US-based IronKids programme. This association will focus on bringing four junior Triathlon events every year as well as training camps for children aged between 6 and 15.
The PIASLC has added former professional tennis player David Roberts as Director of Operations to oversee the day-to-day operations at the expansive 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 begins into full operations he will be primarily focusing on the co-ordination between club services, sports academies and membership programmes.
The PIA Sports and Leisure Club, or, PIASLC is situated in an area of natural beauty among the foothills of a national park on the eastern part of Phuket, Thailand. PIA is an integrated facility hosting Phuket’s newest International School, a multi-faceted 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 sense of balance. Phuket International Academy 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 Phuket International Academy Day School and PIAMC. The PIADS is working to grow into a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. The Phuket International Academy Day School has excellent 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 offer training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance. The PIAMC will deliver a blend of contemporary 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 through PIAMC will contribute to everyone’s enhanced mental sense of balance
and wellbeing. Some retreats incorporates two methods for cultivating meditative quiescence called shamatha. It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is a successful technique 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.
