A first-rate new Soccer Academy is attached to the new Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is planning to become Asia’s paramount competition, training and event facility when it begins full operations this November. Combining a tremendous location with unparalleled facilities, it is already attracting consideration among respected global sporting institutions and international corporations.
PIASLC is sited on over 50 acres of land in the north part of Phuket, Thailand. It possesses a wide-ranging range of superior 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, runners track and a StarTrac equipped hi-tech gym, along with 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 comfortable hotels, offering one hundred and fifteen very nice rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The club has quickly earned recognition through high-profile partnerships with international sporting organizations including Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon. Announcement of tennis and swimming relationships are anticipated in the near future.
The PIASLC is committed to being the foremost sports and corporate event center in Asia. Not only providing Asia’s top 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 “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.”
Another key relationship for junior athletes has been with the famous Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS) after officials from the organisation inspected the purpose-built floodlit artificial turf soccer field at the PIASLC and endorsed the club as its official home in Phuket. Successful BSS is based upon Futebol de Salao (FDS). The training and game is characterized as a 5-a-side version of football with origins in Brazil. FDS is played with a smaller (size 2), and a little heavier (465gm) ball that has virtually no bounce to it.
The PIASLC has also announced an relationship with the US-based IronKids programme. This relationship will focus on bringing four junior Triathlon events each year as well as training camps for children aged between 6 and 15.
The PIASLCincludes almost a dozen specialized sports academies. has brought in former Muay Thai champion “Thanootong’’ Prasert Intanoo to head the martial arts program at the extensive Phuket, Thailand sports centre. Just as muay thai boxing demands commitment and skill, the assignment is a further anecdote of the PIASLC recruiting world-class specialists to work at the emerging first-class facility and help place it as the leading sports and leisure destination in Asia.
Located on the resort island of Phuket, Thailand, PIA is situated in surroundings of natural beauty next to a national park.] The view of PIA is to fulfill the intellectual, physical, creative and spiritual prospects of all students, members and participants of the three centres. 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. 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 kinds.
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 aspiring to develop into a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. As a pioneering international school in Phuket, it will incorporate distinctive Asian culture and the best from Western educational methods, to cultivate inquiring, knowledgeable, and empathetic young people who know how to live with honor, cultivate genuine happiness, and who work toward a more peaceful and sustainable world. 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 started to make available training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance. The PIAMC will deliver a blend of modern psychology and neuroscience together with ancient Asian contemplative practices. Delivered through residential retreats and weekend seminars PIAMC is open to anyone. It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is a successful way for soothing the body and calming the mind. A second method taught is both a shamatha practice and vipashyana, “insight meditation” called “settling the mind in its natural state”. Phuket International Academy Mind Centre Meditation, Mind Studies, and Retreats.
