An unmatched new Sports and Recreation are attached to the new Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is planning to become Asia’s unsurpassed competition, training and event facility when it begins full operations this November. Combining a exceptional location with top-rated facilities, it is already attracting notice among leading international sporting institutions and international corporations.
PIASLC is found on over 50 acres of land in the northeastern region of Phuket, Thailand. It boasts a broad group of superior sports 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, a six court tennis academy, a 500 metre athletics running track and a StarTrac equipped hi-tech gymnasium, as well as an 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, with one hundred and fifteen well-appointed rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The Sports and Leisure Club has rapidly earned recognition through high-profile connections with global sporting organizations including Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon. Announcement of tennis and swimming affiliations are expected in the near future.
The PIASLC is being positioned as the premier sports and corporate event center in Asia. Not only offering Asia’s finest facilities for sports but also special 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.”
PIASLC] Brazilian Soccer Camp programme. Successful BSS is based upon Futebol de Salao (FDS). The training and game is known for a 5-a-side version of football originally from Brazil. Futebol de Salao is played with a smaller (size 2), and a little heavier (465gm) ball that has very little bounce to it.
The PIASLC has also announced an partnership 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.
There is little debate that to become a great sports destination requires world-class facilities and desirable location. But it takes world-class people too. The Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is establishing it has all these elements as it works to be established as a contender as Asia’s top international sports facility.
Phuket International Academy is found in a setting of natural beauty amidst the foothills of a national park on the eastern part of Phuket, Thailand. Phuket International Academy is an integrated facility boasting 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 sense of balance. Phuket International Academy is proud of being a dependable member of the community. It is dedicated to operating with integrity as an equal opportunity employer and adhering to the highest ethical standards to accomplish 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 PIAMC. The PIADS is aspiring to achieve 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 traditions, to develop inquisitive, informed, and compassionate young people who know how to live with honor, cultivate true 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 Phuket International Academy Mind Centre has started to provide training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance. The PIAMC will provide a combination of contemporary psychology and neuroscience together with traditional Asian contemplative practices. Featuring openess, the PIAMC conducts retreats and seminars. It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is a successful method 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.