Youth Soccer Drills

A top-rated new Soccer Academy is part of the inventive  Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is planning to become Asia’s pre-eminent competition, training and event complex when it begins full operations this November.  Combining a superb location with unequaled facilities, it is already gaining attention among important global sporting institutions and international corporations.

The complex is set on 54 acres of property in the northern section of Phuket, Thailand.  It boasts a wide-ranging array of high-class sports facilities that include an International Rugby Board-standard rugby pitch, FIFA-approved football field, competitive fifty-meter 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 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 boutique hotels, with 115 well-appointed rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The Sports and Leisure Club has rapidly earned recognition through high-profile partnerships 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 foremost sports and corporate event center in Asia.   Not only offering Asia’s paramount facilities for sports but also excellent 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 complex were “second to none” and perfect for conducting elite and amateur training camps and competitions.

PIASLC] Brazilian Soccer Camp programme.   World-renowned BSS is based upon Futebol de Salao (FDS).  The training and game is known for a 5-a-side version of football with origins in South America.  FDS 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 connection with the US-based IronKids programme. This  association will focus on bringing four junior Triathlon events per year as well as training camps for kids aged between 6 and 15.

There is little debate that to become  a first-rate sports destination requires first-class facilities and attractive location.  However it takes first-rate personnel too.  The Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is showing it has all these elements as it works to become a contender as the world’s top international sports facility.

The PIASLC  will be delivering a variety of world-class sports, arts, wellness and recreational facilities and programmes for the enjoyment of visitors, students, their families, the local Phuket community and for visiting professional and amateur individual athletes and teams from around the world.  PIASLC will set the standard as a regional hub for sports, arts and wellness in Thailand and Asia, and quite possibly the world.   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 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 types.

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 develop into a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.   The PIA Day School has high-quality 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 make available training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance.   The Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will  provide  a blend of modern psychology and neuroscience in association with ancient Asian contemplative practices.  Featuring openess, the PIAMC conducts retreats and seminars.     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” also referred to as “settling the mind in its natural state”.  Phuket International Academy Mind Centre Meditation, Mind Studies, and Retreats.