BRADENTON, Fla.: IMG Academy and Nord Anglia Education, one of world’s leading international schools organisations, have launched the first phase of a global sports and wellbeing collaboration, announcing that student-athletes will be able to join IMG Academy sports camps at four select Nord Anglia campuses around the world this summer and winter.
Previously only held on its Bradenton, Florida campus, the IMG Academy sports camps will be delivered using IMG Academy’s leading sports and mental performance curriculum for children aged 12-18. The sport elements of the camps cover both football and/or basketball, and include technical training, advanced techniques, games, and competitions, along with a wellbeing element covering confidence, resilience, commitment, working under pressure, and focus.
The camps are open to Nord Anglia and non-Nord Anglia student-athletes in each region. Barcelona, Mexico City, and Houston’s camps will take place this summer, while Dubai’s will take place later this year with dates announced shortly.
The camps are just one part of the collaboration between IMG Academy and Nord Anglia Education, which provides opportunities for student-athletes globally to access IMG Academy’s sports and wellbeing programmes. The two organisations are also collaborating on an enhanced sports programme for Nord Anglia’s 80,000+ students with a focus on wellbeing, resilience, confidence, teamwork, and leadership.
Representing the first sports and wellbeing collaboration of its kind for international schools, IMG Academy became Nord Anglia’s newest collaboration for students and teachers in April 2023, joining alongside world-leading institutions MIT, The Juilliard School, and UNICEF, which all provide life-changing experiences for students.
As part of the collaboration, IMG Academy has also been actively piloting its IMG Academy+ mental performance and nutrition coaching product at Nord Anglia schools around the world. Nord Anglia is in turn working with IMG Academy to enhance and diversify IMG Academy’s academic curriculum, develop new staff pathways, and integrate best practice into teaching and learning for student-athletes.
