Fitness Academy Is Major Element Of Asia’s Best Sport And Corporate Events Centre
In the near future: An unparalleled new Fitness Academy is part of the revolutionary Phuket International Academy Sports and Leisure Club (PIASLC) is planning to become Asia’s greatest competition, training and event facility when it opens this November. Combining a special location with unequaled facilities, it is already attracting attention among foremost global sporting institutions and international corporations.
The complex is situated on over 50 acres of land in the northeastern region of Phuket, Thailand. It boasts an extensive range of high-quality sporting 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 StarTrac equipped hi-tech gymnasium, 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 comfortable hotels, offering 115 well-appointed rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The club has quickly gained appreciation through high-profile affiliations with global sporting organizations including Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon. Announcement of tennis and swimming connections are anticipated 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 “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.”
FDS] is [offered Famous BSS uses Futebol de Salao (FDS). The training and game is known for a 5-a-side version of football originally from 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 association with the US-based IronKids programme. This connection will focus on bringing four junior Triathlon events every year as well as training camps for youth aged between 6 and 15.
The PIASLCis organized into specialized sports academies. has selected former Muay Thai champion “Thanootong’’ Prasert Intanoo to head the martial arts programme at the notable Phuket, Thailand sports centre. Just as muay thai boxing stesses commitment and skill, the selection is just one more example of the PIASLC recruiting top specialists to work at the emerging world-class facility and help place it as the premier sports and leisure destination in Asia.
The PIA Sports and Leisure Club, or, PIASLC is sited in a setting of natural beauty among the foothills of a national park on the eastern part of Phuket, Thailand. Phuket International Academy is an integrated facility hosting 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 sense of balance. 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 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 PIADS and PIAMC. The PIADS is working to develop into a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School. The PIA Day School has excellent 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 provide a combination of contemporary psychology and neuroscience together with ancient Asian contemplative practices. Delivered through residential retreats and weekend seminars PIAMC is open to anyone. It teaches the practice of “mindfulness of breathing”, which is a successful way for soothing 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.
by List of Sports on November 6th, 2010 Tags: fitness, Phuket International Academy, running, Sports Centre
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