Soccer Training

An unequaled pioneering Soccer Academy is part of the groundbreaking  Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is planning to become Asia’s paramount competition, training and event facility when it opens this November.  Combining a tremendous location with first rate facilities, it is already attracting notice among leading international sporting institutions and international corporations.

PIASLC is set on 54 acres of land in the northern section of Phuket, Thailand.  It possesses a widespread assortment of high-class sporting 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 gymnasium, as well as  a performing 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 very nice rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The Sports and Leisure Club has quickly gained recognition through high-profile connections with global sporting organizations such as Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon.    Announcement of tennis and swimming partnerships are expected soon.

The PIASLC  is being positioned as the leading sports and corporate event center in Asia.   Not only delivering Asia’s top facilities for sports but also brilliant 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.”

PIASLC] Brazilian Soccer Camp programme.   World-renowned BSS uses Futebol de Salao (FDS).  The training and game is characterized as a 5-a-side version of soccer originally from Brazil.  Futebol de Salao 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 relationship with the US-based IronKids programme. This  relationship will support four junior Triathlon events each year as well as training camps for youth aged between 6 and 15.

The PIASLCis organized into specialized sports academies.   has named former Muay Thai champion “Thanootong’’ Prasert Intanoo to lead the martial arts program at the impressive Phuket, Thailand sports centre.   Just as muay thai boxing stesses perseverance and talent, the move is another anecdote of the PIASLC bringing in leading experts to staff the emerging high-quality facility and help place it as the first choice sports and leisure destination in Asia.

The PIA Sports and Leisure Club, or, PIASLC is located in a locale 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 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 balance.  Phuket International Academy  prides itself on being a responsible member of the community.  It is committed to operating with integrity as an equal opportunity employer and adhering to the highest principled standards to fulfill 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 Phuket International Academy Day School and PIAMC.   The PIADS is working to grow into a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.   As a leading international school in Thailand, it will integrate distinctive Asian culture and the best from Western educational methods, to cultivate inquisitive, informed, and compassionate young people who know how to live with integrity, cultivate genuine happiness, and strive to create 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 Phuket International Academy Mind Centre will  provide  a blend of contemporary psychology and neuroscience together with traditional Asian contemplative practices.  Featuring openess, the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre conducts retreats and seminars.     It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is a successful 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.