Soccer Practice Drills

An unequaled new Soccer Academy is part of the revolutionary   Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is poised to become Asia’s unsurpassed competition, training and event complex when it opens this November.  Combining a outstanding location with top-rated facilities, it is already gaining consideration from foremost worldwide sporting institutions and international corporations.

PIASLC is located on over  50 acres of property in the northern section of Phuket, Thailand.  It boasts an extensive assortment of high-quality sports facilities that include an International Rugby Board-standard rugby pitch, FIFA-approved Limonta “Soccer Pro’’ soccer 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, 6 tennis courts, runners track and a StarTrac equipped hi-tech gym, along with  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, offering one hundred and fifteen very nice rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The Sports and Leisure Club has quickly gained appreciation through prestiguous relationships 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 committed to being the premier sports and corporate event center in Asia.   Not only providing Asia’s unsurpassed facilities for sports but also exceptional 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.”

Brazilian Soccer Schools] [Futebol de Salao  Famous BSS is based upon Futebol de Salao (FDS).  The training and game is known for a 5-a-side version of soccer with origins in Brazil.  It 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 partnership with the US-based IronKids programme. This  affiliation will focus on bringing four junior Triathlon events every year as well as training camps for children aged between 6 and 15.

The PIASLC  has brought in former professional tennis player David Roberts as Director of Operations to oversee the day-to-day operations at the new 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 begins into full operations he will be primarily focusing on the co-ordination between club services, sports academies and membership programmes.

The PIASLC  will be offering a variety 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 and for visiting professional and amateur individual athletes and teams from around the globe.  PIASLC is going to establish 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 boasting 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 sense of balance.  hosts two 38-room boutique hotels and an impressive 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 PIADS and Phuket International Academy Mind Centre .   The Phuket International Academy Day School is working to achieve a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.   The PIA Day School has first-rate 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 deliver training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance.   The PIAMC will  offer  a combination of contemporary psychology and neuroscience together with traditional 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 by Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will contribute to participant’s improved mental sense of balance
and wellbeing.  Some retreats incorporates two methods for cultivating meditative quiescence referred to as shamatha.     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” called “settling the mind in its natural state”.  Phuket International Academy Mind Centre Meditation, Mind Studies, and Retreats.