Tennis
The British International School, Phuket Tennis Academy is home to an inclusive community of tennis enthusiasts from grassroots level to high performance. Led by a…
Tennis
Introduction
British International School, Phuket is committed to excellence and participation in sport and extracurricular activities. With a firm belief in the positive benefits of participation in sport and activities towards the overall wellbeing of students and adherence to a balanced lifestyle embedded in the core values of the school, the school has fostered a culture of voluntary and enthusiastic participation in sport and activities throughout its community.
Academies
The Sports and Athletic Department promotes the development of a well rounded education through structured sport and competition to i) develop skills and the character strengths of discipline, integrity, leadership, and social responsibility; ii) assure equitable opportunity for all student-athletes; and iii) make the athletic program a sustainable and notable feature of the school.
Through the Academy Programme we enable the student-athlete to realise his/her full potential and prepare for lifelong success within a safe and supportive athletic structure.
An Academy offers all layers of experience and opportunity for students according to the Sports Development Model below.
BISP Sports Development Model
Students receive Physical Education in each year of their schooling until Year 12. They learn physical literacy skills, and gain the knowledge and understanding associated with a sequenced and developmental programme of sport and physical exercise.
Students can choose to pursue an Academy Sport through the Activity Programme at a ‘Foundation/Fundamental’ level. These activities consolidate knowledge, skills and understanding and/or facilitate recreational participation and enjoyment. In addition to the Academy sports on offer at this level, the Activity Programme also includes a diverse range of sports and athletic activities such as Badminton, Touch Rugby, Cricket, Ultimate Frisbee, Rounders, Floor Hockey and Dance.
Students can further extend their performance, experience and interest in an Academy Sport by engaging in a specialist programme of coaching at ‘Performance’ level, which on merit can lead to School representation.
Further levels of specialist provision are offered at ‘Performance’ level and for those students who reach outstanding standards of performance at ‘High Performance’ level. At this tier students are known, by definition, as ‘high performance athletes’.
High-Performance Academies
British International School, Phuket features a High-Performance Academy structure to enable students to fulfil the height of their potential. Academy students receive coaching in the technical, tactical, physical and psychological aspects of their sport at the elite level.
Successes to date include the Nick Faldo series win in golf, gold medals in youth world swimming championships and professional football contracts for students with such clubs as Benfica and Bayern Munich.
Football
BISP offers a variety of options for boys and girls from Reception to Year 13 to develop their football skills. At younger age groups the…
Football
Swimming
An exceptional school swimming program, where students of all levels receive expert, professional swim coaching, combined with an international education of the highest quality. Recent…
Swimming
Golf
The BISP golf program applies a golf for life philosophy and develops all aspects of golf training, delivered by professional golfers and expert coaches, with…
Golf
Aerial Arts, Flying Trapeze & Gymnastics
BISP has world-class aerial arts, flying trapeze and gymnastics academies, facilities and coaches right on the school grounds. These academies have been developed and are…
Aerial Arts, Flying Trapeze & GymnasticsOpportunities
The school offers the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Awards at Gold, Silver and Bronze levels, and students benefit from the tropical island location in the range of outdoor activities, both land and water-based, this brings.
Students also participate in holiday-time school camps, which often run alongside sport boot-camps for parents and staff, fostering an inclusive culture of sport across the school.
Sport for all
The opportunity for High-Performance coaching and attainment at the school feeds participation, acting as a source of inspiration and mentorship. High-performance athletes mentor younger students at the school in activities such as the under 7 football programme, swimming, golf and tennis.
The sporting pathways leading to our Academies create a culture of aspiration and inspiration. There is an understanding amongst our student body of what it takes to get to the level and we support that aspiration.
Facilities
BISP offers a multi-purpose, outdoor space on its 44-acre campus, optimised for wellness and a healthy lifestyle. Our easily accessed facilities include 50m and 25m swimming pools full size football pitches, a trapeze and aerial arts space, and a golf course. Indoor and outdoor facilities mean students can train all year round.
Partnerships with local providers extend the extracurricular offering further, with nearby horse riding stables, climbing centres and world-class, 18 hole golf courses.
Professional sports coaches
The school employs professional sports coaches from around the world in five Academy sports – golf, tennis, football, swimming and gymnastics.
Students receive quality learning of the highest level. The coaching and physical education team includes top level physios and strength and conditioning coaches, with coaches who teach at many different levels and abilities – from under 5 all the way to elite. This supportive, consistent team helps students to develop faster, learn fundamentals and skills more readily and adopt best practice.
Ultimately, the quality and expertise of the sports coaches and teachers at BISP creates a culture of enthusiasm and joy in sport.
Aerial Arts and Flying Trapeze Academy Manager, Senior Aerial and Flying Trapeze Instructor, Choreographer
Samantha Lambert (Sam)
Learn to Swim Coordinator
Luke
Coach Luke hails from the seaside county of Cornwall, UK, where he has been a sports enthusiast all of his life! He took part in multiple sports as a youngster, before focusing on his main love of swimming and surf life-saving in his Secondary school years. He competed for numerous years at the regional and national level and was a member of European surf life-saving champions Portreath for almost a decade.
When his competitive swimming career ended he went straight into swim teaching and his speciality of ‘Learn to Swim’, where he worked for 7 years in the UK before moving to BISP in 2013. In this time he has taught thousands of children how to be safe in the water, guided them to develop a love of the water and set them up for a lifelong passion for sport.
Coach Luke studied Sport, Health & Fitness at the University of Plymouth, as well as being on the medical teams at the London 2012 Olympic Games and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. He is a keen traveller, with the aim of every holiday being spent in a different country, and is also a big fan of football and regularly visits his local team, Plymouth Argyle, when back in the UK.
Coach
Grace
Education: National University of Singapore (NUS), Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS)
Qualification: Australian Swimming Coaching and Teaching Association (ASCTA) Course Presenter, Swim Australian Teacher (SAT), Babies and Toddlers, Learner’s with Disability, Competitive Strokes, Singapore Life Saving Society (SLSS) Bronze Medallion, ILS International Pool Lifeguard certified
Experience: 12 years of coaching experience (8 years Learn-to-swim and 4 years competitive strokes)
Grace has a rich experience in Learn to swim which enables her to efficiently transform a swimmer’s stroke techniques for competitive swimming when the swimmer is ready.
She believes in a strong foundation built on proper stroke techniques, achieving efficiency in the water and having fun is the key in Age-group competitive swimming; and maintaining longevity and passion for competitive swimming.
Over the years, many of her swimmers have progressed from Learn to swim, to age group competitive to High-performance swimming.
Aquatics Director
Charlie Pike
Coach Charlie comes from the USA and has over 25 years of head coaching experience.
After a successful swimming career receiving both high school all-American-Honors and 3 collegiate all-American-Honors, he turned his passion for swimming into a coaching career.
Charlie’s coaching experience covers every level of swimming from age group to collegiate swimming. As a USA swim club coach he has had several top10 nationally ranked swimmers, Jr. & Sr. national participants and 6 Olympic trial qualifiers. In 2010 Charlie received the USA swimming age group coach of the year award.
While coaching at Bakersfield College over 30 swimmers obtained All-America status and had over 36 school records broken. In 2012, he was awarded Western State Conference coach of the year honours.
His coaching tenure at Thanyapura sports was also very fruitful with their swimmers breaking over 100 national records for their respective countries, and several swimmers representing their countries in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
His current role as Aquatic Director at British international school Phuket has seen the program take a turn towards becoming one of the premier swim programs in South east Asia
Charlie’s coaching philosophy emphasizes proper technique and being as efficient as possible in the water. Charlie has been able to build programs in a fun creative atmosphere. Sharing his knowledge and passion for swimming with athletes is what he enjoys doing.
Director of Football
Jonathas Candido
Educational Background
Graduated in Physical Education – UNIBH – Belo Horizonte
Coaching License(s)
AFC “C” – Asian Football Confederation
AFC “B” – Asian Football Confederation – currently taking
CBF “B” – Brazilian Confederation of Football – currently taking
Coaching Experience:
15 years of professional experience in football, fitness coach, scout, assistant coach, head coach and manager.
Football Coach
Raphael Sousa
Coaching License (s):
ATFA “C and B – Argentine Football Association
ATFA “A” – Argentine Football Association – currently taking
Educational background:
Master degree in Sports Science – UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais)
Bachelor in Physical Education – UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais)
Coaching experience:
América FC: Head coach Professional Woman’s team
Assistant coach Professional Woman’s team
Democrata SL/PROESP: Assistant coach U17
Santo Agostinho School: Assistant coach futsal U11 and U13
BISP Cruzeiro (since 2018)
Football Coach
Victor Alberice
Coaching License (s):
ATFA “C and B – Argentine Football Association
ATFA “A” – Argentine Football Association – currently taking
Coaching experience:
América FC: Head coach Professional Woman’s team
Assistant coach U17 (men’s team)
Democrata SL/PROESP: Head coach U14 and 15
BISP Cruzeiro (since 2018)
Educational background:
Bachelor in Physical Education – UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais)
Football Coach
Andre Velloso
Coaching License (s) – AFA “B” Argentine Football Association🇦🇷
AFA “A” – Argentine Football Association currently taking 🇦🇷
Performance Analyst – AFA Argentine Football Association currently taking🇦🇷
Football player experience
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (RJ)
Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama (RJ)
Botafogo Futebol de Regatas (RJ)
Fluminense Football Club (RJ)
Coaching experience
Next Academy (Football and GK Coach)
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (Scout)
BISP Cruzeiro (Football and GK Coach)
Goalkeeper Academy (GK Coach)
Educational Background
Graduation Physical Education UniGama currently taking (Rio de Janeiro)
Tennis Director
Gill Lemore
US PTR Professional, LTA Level 4, GPTCA B Global Professional Tennis Coach Association, USPTR Professional
Gill oversees all tennis activities and operations including coaching, social and competitive opportunities for players. He has 25 years of experience and sees Tennis as a “language of its own”. His aim is to develop players “Technical and Tactical ability and teach them what is required on and off the court. He finally believes that although you have to work hard to improve, it can still be fun.
“The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practising, enjoy every day, enjoying working hard, trying to be a better player than before.”
ITF Level 2, RPT Professional
Sukhbir Singh Gill
Diploma in Sports Science
His experience and certification helps in psychology, biomechanics and training methodology. I am a passionate & experienced coach who believes that any ability player can improve. I work with all level players, have the patience required to work with beginners & the experience to work with performance players.
“To inspire more people to take up sports for their life.”
Director, Senior Aerial/Trapeze Instructor, Expert Rigger, Events Manager
Adam Lambert
With over 19 years in the industry, as a professional flying trapeze artist, an accomplished aerial performer and teacher, Adam has worked and performed all over the world.
In 2011, he and Ben sat down and planned out fulfilling their dream of opening their very own Aerial Arts company. Thus MACA was born in Phuket, Thailand.
Adam now spends most of his time, designing and making specialised circus equipment and flying trapeze rigs while still finding occasional time to get up and fly!
Aerial Arts and Flying Trapeze Academy Manager, Senior Aerial and Flying Trapeze Instructor, Choreographer
Samantha Lambert (Sam)
Samantha’s love for the stage began at the age of 6 and she has been performing and competing ever since. Born in Australia and raised in Singapore, Sam started out as a dancer and performed worldwide before she fell in love with artistic pole. She taught in Singapore at Bobbi’s Pole for 4 years before she moved to China, venturing into the world of circus.
Now, she is a dancer, aerialist and most importantly she enjoys choreographing and combining all the various forms of art that she has dabbled in. For the past 5 years, Sam has settled in Phuket and has been the senior aerial instructor at Mid-Air Circus Arts, managing both the aerial arts and flying trapeze academies.
Flying Trapeze & Aerial Instructor
Kessuree Srisroy (Kess)
Kessuree (Kess) started training in Thai Folk Dance at the tender age of three. She performed with various schools and competed in regional competitions throughout Thailand.
She began training in Pole Fitness, became a fitness instructor as well as competed in various pole competitions, such as SA National Pole Sports Competition (NPSC), Miss Pole Dance SA and Pole Theatre SA to name a few.
In 2014, Kess joined the Art of Synergy Circus School in South Africa, where she honed her skills in aerial performing and instructing and has since become a full-time professional circus performer.
Kess joined the Mid-Air Circus Arts family in 2018 and has since widened her aerial repertoire and continues to grow as a performer and instructor.
Director, Operations Manager, Sales & Marketing, CFO
Ben Martin
Ben’s love affair with Flying Trapeze & the Aerial Arts came when he started working as an instructor in Bali Indonesia in 2003. Since then he worked around the world with various resort rigs, before finally being promoted to managing the resorts themselves. After leaving the resort life in 2010 he worked together with Adam to fulfil their dream of having their own Trapeze & Aerial Arts Company.
In 2011 MACA was born. Ben now spends most of his time working on the development of the MACA brand and it’s partnerships around Asia, while also occasionally finding the time to get down for some teaching or catching himself.
Tournaments, Competitions and Events
The majority of our students take part in extracurricular activities each week. Within our wellbeing programme, we encourage students to take part in sport and exercise as part of a healthy lifestyle.
BISP hosts numerous tournaments throughout the year, ranging from the international Soccer 7s event, the largest school football tournament in the world, to the inter-school colour teams tournament as part of the school’s wellbeing programme. Further tournaments include swim meets and the Breakers Cup Basketball event, all of which encourage excellence and participation.
Students also have the opportunity to participate in external competitions and events, experiencing competitive gameplay, building camaraderie and gaining independence. Trips have included competitions in Portugal, Brazil, Malaysia, Singapore and Bangkok.