Escrito el July 19, 2010 – 5:02 am | por Tennis Player |
A top-rated new Tennis Academy is part of the revolutionary Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is poised to become Asia’s finest competition, training and event complex when it opens this November. Combining a outstanding location with unparalleled facilities, it is already gaining attention among leading worldwide sporting institutions and international corporations.
The complex is found on over 50 acres of property in the north part of Phuket, Thailand. It boasts a wide-ranging array of high-quality sporting facilities including 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 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, offering 115 well-appointed rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The club has rapidly gained recognition through prestiguous partnerships with global sporting organizations including Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon. Announcement of tennis and swimming affiliations are anticipated soon.
The PIASLC is working toward becoming the premier sports and corporate event center in Asia. Not only offering Asia’s pre-eminent facilities for sports but also brilliant facilities and accommodations for conferences, incentives, retreats and teambuilding.
The PIASLC has selected former professional tennis player David Roberts as Director of Operations to oversee the day-to-day operations at the sprawling Phuket, Thailand sports centre. David offers 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 construction in November and starts into full operations he will be primarily focusing on the co-ordination between club services, sports academies and membership programmes.
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.
The top-rated youth soccer training programme is also based at the top-rated sports and recreation PIASLC facility. Successful 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 Brazil. Futebol de Salao is played with a smaller (size 2), and a little heavier (465gm) ball that has virtually no bounce to it.
The PIASLC has also announced an relationship with the US-based IronKids programme. This association will focus on bringing four junior Triathlon events each year as well as training camps for kids aged between 6 and 15.
There is little debate that to become a top-notch sports destination requires world-class facilities and sought-after location. However it takes world-class personnel too. The Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is showing it has all these elements as it strives to be established as a contender as the world’s top international sports facility.
Located on the resort island of Phuket, Thailand, PIA is situated in a setting of natural beauty near a national park.] The values of PIA is to fulfill the intellectual, physical, creative and spiritual possibilities of all students, members and participants of the three centres. PIA 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 equilibrium. Phuket International Academy prides itself on 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 accomplish Mind, Body and Spirit Wellness
As part of a uniquely integrated complex, the Sports and Leisure Club works in synergy with both the Phuket International Academy Day School and Phuket International Academy Mind Centre . The PIADS is aspiring to develop into a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. As a leading international school in Thailand, it will integrate the uniqueness of Asian culture with the best from Western educational traditions, developing inquiring, informed, and compassionate young people who know how to conduct their lives with integrity, cultivate true happiness, and who work toward a more peaceful and sustainable earth. 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 offer training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance. The Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will offer a blend of contemporary psychology and neuroscience in association with traditional Asian contemplative practices. Working in close relation with the PIA Day School and the Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club, the programmes offered by PIAMC will contribute to participant’s improved mental sense of balance
and wellbeing. Some retreats focuses on two methods for cultivating meditative quiescence referred to as shamatha. It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is an effective method 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.