Soccer Fitness

A first-rate innovative Soccer Academy is attached to the revolutionary   Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is planning to become Asia’s pre-eminent competition, training and event complex when it opens this November.  Combining a excellent location with unsurpassed facilities, it is already gaining awareness from foremost global sporting institutions and international corporations.

The complex is located on 54 acres of property in the northeastern region of Phuket, Thailand.  It possesses a broad group of superior sporting facilities including an International Rugby Board-standard rugby pitch, FIFA-approved football 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, 6 tennis courts, runners track and a fitness enthusiast 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 Sports and Leisure Club has quickly earned recognition through high-profile affiliations with global sporting organizations including Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon.    Announcement of tennis and swimming partnerships are expected in the near future.

The PIASLC  is being positioned as the leading sports and corporate event center in Asia.   Not only offering Asia’s unsurpassed facilities for sports but also tremendous 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.”

FDS] is [offered  World-renowned BSS uses Futebol de Salao (FDS).  The training and game is characterized as a 5-a-side version of soccer with origins in South America.  It is played with a smaller (size 2), and a little heavier (465gm) ball that has very little bounce to it. 

The PIASLC has also confirmed an association with the US-based IronKids programme. This  connection will focus on bringing four junior Triathlon events per year as well as training camps for youth aged between 6 and 15.

The PIASLC  has named former professional tennis player David Roberts as Director of Operations to oversee the day-to-day operations at the notable 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 preparations in November and moves 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 sited in a locale of natural beauty among the foothills of a national park on the eastern part of Phuket, Thailand.    Phuket International Academy 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 equilibrium.  Phuket International Academy  prides itself on being a responsible member of the community.  It is committed to operating with integrity as an equal opportunity employer and adhering to the highest ethical standards to fulfill Mind, Body and Spirit Wellness

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 working to become a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.   As a pioneering international school in Thailand, it will incorporate distinctive Asian culture and the best from Western educational traditions, developing inquiring, knowledgeable, and compassionate young people who know how to live with integrity, cultivate true happiness, and strive to create a more peaceful and sustainable planet.   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 provide training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance.   The PIAMC will  provide  a combination of modern psychology and neuroscience together with ancient Asian contemplative practices.  Working in close interaction with the PIA Day School and the PIA Sports and Leisure Club, the programmes offered through PIAMC will contribute to participant’s healthier mental sense of balance
and wellbeing.  Some retreats incorporates two methods for cultivating meditative quiescence or shamatha.     It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is helpful method for relaxing 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.