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SPORTS ACADEMIES

Chelsea Foundation Soccer Camp

Live the dream and play with the former stars of Chelsea Football Club. If your children live for football, if they are aged 6-16, imagine seeing them attack, defend, dribble, score, or perhaps save if they are in goal, under the watchful eye of the coaches and the most famous former players of Chelsea Foundation Soccer Club.

Fencing Academy

The fencing academy will be held at the Sport Academy Centre, which is equipped with four state-of-the-art professional pistes. Put on a mask, grab an épée, foil and sabre, and learn the fascinating sport of fencing from the best.

Rugby Academy

Our Rugby Academy by Legends is high energy stuff. full of passion, tenacity and fun for boys and girls aged 5-16, at all levels of skill. Our teachers? Simply the best, including two famous former British rugby stars. And at the end of the course, there’s a party, a medal and the Legend Star Certificate.

Legends include:

Will Greenwood, Austin Healey, Rachel Burford, Martin Johnson

Bike Academy

If you too have been overwhelmed by the passion for two wheels, the Forte Village Bike Academy is the right place for you. This corner of Sardinia offers the most scenic and beautiful roads and trails on the island, fun for the novice biker and challenging for the advanced.

Legends include:

Fabian Cancellara, Paola Pezzo

Boxing Academy

Boxing is a challenge, a lesson in life, respect and courage. Learn this exciting sport, thanks to our special boxing course held by one of the greatest champions of this sport. We are talking about Frank Buglioni, British champion and star of the Frank Buglioni Boxing Academy at

Forte Village.

Swim Academy

In the splendid 25-metre Baia delle Palme swimming pool, with five dedicated lanes, highly qualified instructors will teach all levels from complete beginners to those wanting to perfect their style in each stroke, and develop their racing starts and turns.

Legends include:

Martina Moravcovà, Domenico Fioravanti

Tennis Academy

There are 11 clay courts, one grass court and one concrete court at the Academy where the rush to the net is led by some of the former greats in the world of tennis, coordinated by Rocco Loccisano, former coach to Pat Cash. There are courses for all ages and abilities, junior and senior, specialising in competitive game techniques and single shots, which are analysed by a sophisticated video system.

Legends include:

Magnus Larsson, Dominik Hrbaty, Andrei Chesnokov

LOL Dance Academy

Calling all dance enthusiasts — lessons at the Forte Village Dance Academy will start again this summer, when together with our teachers you will be able to learn and improve your moves and dance skills.

Basketball

Does your passion for basketball give you no peace? Do you want to challenge your friends to exciting matches full of the sound of baskets and rebounds? Forte Village is the perfect place: take part in the Ettore Messina Basketball Academy by A | X Armani Exchange Olimpia Milano and discover a calendar full of activities and basketball games organised with fellow guests that will keep you in training all summer long.

Legends include:

Andrea Cinciarini, Ettore Messina, Luigi Datome

Freestyle Football Academy

Learn the best tricks with Marcel Gurk! Football Freestyle is a fast growing and increasingly popular sport, which pushes you to perform the most incredible ball stunts and develop ball control beyond the bounds of imagination.

Go-Kart Academy

Passionate about engines and speed? Then you are ready for the PGK Go-Kart Academy. Drawing on the experience of the racing world, this is designed to encourage new fans of motorsport and improve the performance of experienced drivers both theoretically and practically. The courses are held by professional riders and technicians, and directed by Paolo Gagliardini, former Italian and European champion in the 125 class.

Legends include:

Giancarlo Fisichella

Netball Academy

The game taught at the Netball Academy by Legends is fast and exciting. It’s rules are very similar to basketball, but without the backboard, only the basket, and equally intense and easy to learn. It’s the perfect sport for children, teens and adults taught by the real legends of this sport.

Legends include:

Pam Cookey, Eboni Beckford-Chambers, Tamsin Greenway, Rachel Dunn

Marvin’s Magic Academy

This is the world’s first magic school in a resort and revealing the tricks of the trade, from the easiest to the most surprising and complex, is Michael J Fitch of Marvin’s Magic Academy, the greatest celebrity of illusionism.