IMG Academy

We made a side trip to Florida so we could take a look at a school. We visited IMG Academy

Ches Gibson patiently hosted our visit the whole day! Thank you Ches!

The map of the 450 acre campus which has a football field, a golf course, around 50 tennis courts, several soccer fields, baseball fields, dorms and a hotel for visiting guests. It’s a beautiful campus with good weather all year long. Perfect for the athletes who need to train

Its not only Athletics but they have academics as well. I like this chart which shows the goals for their students

We were here to see the Bollettieri Tennis school. This was originally just a tennis school and later on added other sports. Many of the world champions came from here. Andre Agassi, Bjorn Borg, Jim Courier, Kei Nishikori, Pete Sampras, and many more

Ladies – Anna Kournikova, Jelena Jankovic, Maria Sharapova, Monica Seles, Serena Williams and more

Leading to the tennis courts

Javier had the opportunity to try and join the training for one day

Javier was so lucky to have met Nick Bollettieri himself!!! and was able to train under him that afternoon

Cici Belles was there too!!

A top Japanese player who we saw playing in one of the courts

Kei Nishikori studied at IMG Academy

Each of the students spend at least one hour in the gym/fitness centre each day

We visited the dorms

This is the most practical dorm room I have seen so far to have one side per student which is already their bed and their desk under. Since this is a new building, each room has its own bathroom already 🙂