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A first-rate groundbreaking Soccer Academy is attached to the pioneering  Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is preparing to become Asia’s finest competition, training and event facility when it begins full operations this November.  Combining a superb location with first rate facilities, it is already attracting notice from important worldwide sporting institutions and international corporations.

PIASLC is situated on 54 acres of land in the northeastern region of Phuket, Thailand.  It possesses a wide-ranging array of superior 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, 6 tennis courts, runners track and a StarTrac equipped hi-tech gym, 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 comfortable hotels, providing 115 very nice rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The club has quickly earned appreciation through prestiguous association with international sporting organizations including Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon.    Announcement of tennis and swimming relationships are expected soon.

The PIASLC  is being positioned as the foremost sports and corporate event center in Asia.   Not only delivering Asia’s finest facilities for sports but also exceptional 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 the PIASLC facilities were “second to none” and perfect for conducting elite and amateur training camps and competitions.

Another key connection for junior athletes has been with the internationally-renowned 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 uses Futebol de Salao (FDS).  The training and game is known for a 5-a-side version of soccer originally from South America.  FDS is played with a smaller (size 2), and slightly heavier (465gm) ball that has virtually no bounce to it. 

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

There is no question that to become  a world-class sports destination requires really good facilities and sought-after location.  But it requires first-class personnel too.  The Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is showing it has all these elements as it works to be established as a contender as Asia’s top international sports facility.

The PIA Sports and Leisure Club, or, PIASLC is sited in an area of natural beauty in the foothills of a national park on the eastern part of Phuket, Thailand.    PIA 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 balance.  Phuket International Academy  is proud of being a dependable member of the community.  It is committed to operating with integrity as an equal opportunity employer and adhering to the highest principled standards to realize the intellectual, physical, creative and spiritual potential of all students, members and participants of the three centres.

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 PIADS is aspiring to become a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.   As a leading international school in Phuket, it will draw upon distinctive Asian culture with the best from Western educational methods, developing inquisitive, informed, and empathetic young people who know how to conduct their lives 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 PIAMC has started to deliver training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance.   The Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will  offer  a blend of contemporary psychology and neuroscience together with 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 enhanced mental balance
and wellbeing.  Some retreats focuses on two methods for cultivating meditative quiescence or shamatha.     It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is helpful way 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.