Nord Anglia Education and IMG Academy announce Dubai-based basketball and football camp, coming this winter

IMG Academy, the global leader in sports education, and Nord Anglia Education, a leading international schools organisation, today announced dates for an all-new sports camp in Dubai, taking place this winter from 15-20 December 2024.

The weeklong day or residential camp will cover basketball and football for ages 12-18 and will be hosted at Swiss International Scientific School in Dubai, delivered using IMG Academy’s leading sports and mental performance curriculum.

Basketball and football camp comes to Dubai

The basketball and football elements of the camp will include technical training, advanced techniques, game situations and competitions, while the wellbeing element of the camp will include training areas such as confidence, resilience, commitment, working under pressure, and focus.

Students will have the opportunity to reside on campus in its purpose-built boarding houses as part of the programme—providing an opportunity for students from the wider Middle East region and internationally to participate as well.

The camp marks the first time that student-athletes in Dubai, UAE will have the opportunity to participate in an IMG Academy sports camp, previously only held on IMG Academy’s campus in Bradenton, Florida.

The sports camp is also open to non-Nord Anglia student-athletes throughout the region.

To register for this sports camps in Dubai, families can visit the IMG Academy site.

IMG Academy camps around the world

In addition to the Dubai camp coming this December, several other IMG Academy camps will be hosted around the world on Nord Anglia Education campuses:

• Football day camp at Hamelin-Laie International School Barcelona (Summer 2025)
• Football/basketball camp at the British International School of Houston (2025 dates TBC)
• Football/basketball camp at Greengates School, Mexico City (2025 dates TBC)

These sports 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 world-renowned sports and wellbeing programmes. The two organisations are also collaborating on an enhanced sports programme for Nord Anglia's more than 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.

For more information on the IMG Academy/Nord Anglia sports camps please visit: https://www.imgacademy.com/camp-dubai.