In the near future: An attractive new Outdoor Sports are part of the innovative Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is preparing to become Asia’s unsurpassed competition, training and event facility when it opens this November. Combining a very nice location with top-rated facilities, it is already gaining attention among foremost international sporting institutions and international corporations.
PIASLC is set on 54 acres of land in the northeastern region of Phuket, Thailand. It boasts an extensive selection of high-class sports 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, 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.
There are also two boutique hotels, offering one hundred and fifteen well-appointed rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The club has quickly gained recognition through high-profile affiliations with global sporting organizations including Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon. Announcement of tennis and swimming connections are anticipated in the near future.
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 outstanding 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 Famous BSS uses Futebol de Salao (FDS). The training and game is known for a 5-a-side version of football originally from South America. Futebol de Salao 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 connection with the US-based IronKids programme. This affiliation will support four junior Triathlon events per year as well as training camps for youth aged between 6 and 15.
There is little debate that to become a great sports destination requires really good facilities and sought-after location. However it requires top-notch personnel too. The Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is demonstrating it has all these elements as it works to be established as a contender as the world’s top international sports destination.
The PIASLC will be hosting 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 as well as for visiting professional and amateur individual athletes and teams from around the world. PIASLC is going to set 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 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 equilibrium. hosts two 38-room boutique hotels and a broad range of facilities ideal 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 Phuket International Academy Mind Centre . The Phuket International Academy Day School is working to grow into a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. The PIA 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 PIAMC has started to offer training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance. The Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will deliver a combination of modern psychology and neuroscience alongside ancient 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 improved mental balance
and wellbeing. Some retreats focuses on two methods for cultivating meditative quiescence referred to as shamatha. It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is a successful way for relaxing 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.