IMG Academies is a multi-sport education/training facility located in Bradenton, Florida. It offers boarding, non-boarding, and weekly programs for current and intending professional athletes. IMG Academies is owned and controlled by talent management company IMG. IMG Academies consists of The Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, The David Leadbetter Golf Academy, The Baseball, Basketball, Soccer and Swimming Academies, and the International Performance Institute.

Contents 1 History 2 Campus 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

In 1978, tennis coach Nick Bollettieri formed the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy (NBTA). IMG purchased the NBTA in 1987. Over the next several years, IMG expanded the school to include academies for golf, baseball, soccer, basketball, and swimming, spread out over a 300-acre (1.2 km²) campus ^[1]. Each year hundreds of students from dozens of countries attend short-time camp programs and full-time semester programs. The Academy is utilized by numerous professional athletes during their off-seasons. IMG Academies offers instruction and facilities for golf, tennis, mental conditioning, baseball, basketball, officiating, and soccer.^[1]

[edit] Campus

IMG Academies is a gated, 300-acre (1.2 km²) campus consisting of golf driving ranges and practice facilities, 58 tennis courts, baseball fields, turf training fields, seven soccer fields, indoor basketball facilities, sports performance facilities, gyms, clubhouses, the IMG Academies Golf and Country Club, U Miami satellite campus and dormitories. It has two cafeterias (one for adults and professionals and one for students) and has an on-campus deli for students. There is one small pool for students and two other pools for adult and resident use only.

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} "The Story"". IMG Academies. http://www.imgacademies.com/hq/default.sps?itype=7939. Retrieved 2007-06-05. 

[edit] See also

• Mauro Martin
• Ken Bolek
• Nick Bollettieri
• David Leadbetter
• Steven Shenbaum
• David Thorpe

[edit] External links

• IMG Academies Official Site

Coordinates: 27°26′39″N 82°35′45″W / 27.444183°N 82.595894°W / 27.444183; -82.595894