Soccer Training Tips

A first-rate inventive Soccer Academy is part of the pioneering  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 special location with unmatched facilities, it is already gaining awareness from foremost worldwide sporting institutions and international corporations.

The complex is sited on over  50 acres of property in the north part of Phuket, Thailand.  It boasts a broad array of superior sporting facilities including 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, 6 tennis courts, a 500 metre athletics running track and a fitness enthusiast 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, providing one hundred and fifteen well-appointed rooms and suites for visitors, athletes, teams and corporate groups. The Sports and Leisure Club has rapidly gained appreciation through prestiguous association with international sporting organizations such as Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS), NZRugbyResources (NZRR), and IronKids Triathlon.    Announcement of tennis and swimming affiliations are expected in the near future.

The PIASLC  is working toward becoming the leading sports and corporate event center in Asia.   Not only delivering Asia’s top facilities for sports but also special 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 “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.”

Another key affiliation for junior athletes has been with the famous Brazilian Soccer Schools (BSS) after officials from the organisation inspected the purpose-built floodlit artificial turf soccer field at the PIASLC and endorsed the club as its official home in Phuket.   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 Brazil.  FDS 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  connection will support four junior Triathlon events per year as well as training camps for kids 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 large Phuket, Thailand sports centre.   Just as muay thai boxing stesses commitment and ability, the move is just one more example of the PIASLC recruiting top specialists to work at the up-and-coming high-quality facility and help position it as the first choice sports and leisure destination in Asia.

The PIA Sports and Leisure Club, or, PIASLC is situated in a setting 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  is proud of being a responsible member of the community.  It is dedicated to operating with integrity as an equal opportunity employer and adhering to the highest ethical standards to accomplish 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 Phuket International Academy Day School is aspiring to grow into a three programme International Baccalaureate (IB) World School.   The Phuket International Academy 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 Phuket International Academy Mind Centre has started to make available training in the cultivation of cognitive and emotional balance.   The PIAMC will  offer  a combination of modern psychology and neuroscience alongside traditional Asian contemplative practices.  Featuring accessibility, the Phuket International Academy Mind Centre conducts retreats and seminars.     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” or “settling the mind in its natural state”.  Phuket International Academy Mind Centre Meditation, Mind Studies, and Retreats.