IMG Pendleton School is a coeducational, college preparatory school dedicated to providing IMG students from pre-kindergarten through Grade 12, and those in the postgraduate year, with an excellent education using both traditional and non-traditional approaches.
IMG Academies is committed to providing an inspiring, dynamic and multi-cultured environment where our students of all ages and ability levels have the greatest opportunity to attain their goals, learn life lessons, reach their full potential, and most importantly, enjoy themselves while chasing their dreams. We help develop young student athletes so that they are confident and prepared for the challenges that sport and life may bring their way. Our students are equipped to handle success and adversity, as well as to be leaders and positive role models. To accomplish this, it takes a team of well-qualified individuals in multiple areas and disciplines all working together.IMG-Reliance Scholarship Program
In mid-September, 29 young, aspiring athletes from India arrived on the grounds of IMG Academies to begin a year of growth and training among world class coaches, facilities and programs. They are the first group of students to benefit from the IMG Reliance Scholarship Program. The program is part of a greater initiative of IMG Reliance Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture between IMG Worldwide and the India-based Reliance Industries. Within India, IMG Reliance has committed to developing, marketing and managing sports and entertainment.
Following trials in India in which IMG Academies’ coaches evaluated the talent of numerous Indian student-athletes, 29 talented youth in tennis, basketball, and soccer were ultimately selected to participate in the inaugural year of the scholarship program. Legendary tennis coach Nick Bollettieri travelled to India to conduct the initial tennis trial and later reunited with a group of students who made the trek to his Academy in Bradenton, Fla.
Youth in basketball underwent similar trials led by the IMG Basketball Academy coaching staff. For soccer, leaders decided to send the U15 India National Team to Bradenton to continue their team development.
Beyond the scholarship program, IMG Reliance will create state-of-the-art sporting academies in India. The academies in India will be modeled after IMG Academies and will look to provide world-class coaching and training facilities for Indian sportsmen and sportswomen. The required infrastructure investment will be provided by The Reliance Foundation, the charitable arm of Reliance Industries, while IMG will lend its management skills and IMG Academies-based coaching expertise.
Press:
One in a billion
January 3rd, 2012
THIRTY OR SO YEARS AGO, in the Indian state of Punjab, in a tiny village surrounded by rice paddies, miles from the nearest home with air conditioning or even with glass and screens on all its windows, there lived a teenage boy named Balbir Singh Bhamara who did what had once seemed impossible; he grew to be taller than his mother.
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Cricket fever to move over? IMG Reliance bets big on tennis
December 20th, 2011
The Indian sports market has reached an inflection point, believes Ashu Jindal, COO of IMG Reliance. As the 17th Chennai Open is set to roll from January 2 2012, Jindal shares that though cricket will always rate highly, the Indian sports viewer is demanding more of sporting entertainment.
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IMG Reliance student-athletes forge with community through Special Olympics
April 26th, 2011
A number of young Indian scholars attending IMG Academies as part of the IMG Reliance Scholarship Program are embracing a new relationship with the Special Olympics Manatee County. The Special Olympics affiliation is among a number of new area connections for IMG through its community outreach initiative, which provides students and staff a collective opportunity to give back to a community that has provided IMG Academies with a home base for decades.
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National team strikes a blow for Indian soccer
April 22nd, 2011
In India, cricket is king. But IMG Soccer Academy coach Tom Durkin and India's U15 national team is doing its part to end that - or at least chip away at cricket's dominance.
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Tall Order
February 9th, 2011
Satnam and 28 other Indian adolescents, including the entire under-15 national boys soccer team, enrolled at the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla., last September. All are on full scholarship at a cost to IMG of roughly $100,000 per student per year...
At 7-feet tall and only 14, expectations are high for Indian basketball player
January 21st, 2011
It was the summer in New Delhi, in a stagnant gym with two fans trying to create a cross draft. Two American men stood sweating, running Indian teenagers through drills. The floor was concrete and the bleachers were stone but the teens threw themselves around anyway, knowing what was at stake.
Giant Expectations
When you’re a teenager from India, 15 years and one month old, already grown to the size of a 7-1 monster, the first reaction is wonder and awe, the second is doubt. People wonder what could go wrong; they wonder what the catch is. When you’re blessed with a unique inside-outside skill set, nimble feet, soft hands and a developing shooting touch, people instead wonder what your weaknesses are.
Basketball finally makes the grade
January 3rd, 2011
Basketball is undergoing a make-over in the country and, even as the sport is poised to take a big leap ahead, it could bring some stability from monetary incentives to the nation’s hoopsters. After a big boost, thanks to their tie-up with IMG Reliance, the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) has gone forward in implementing graded payments for national players, both men and women.
Teenager Bhamara touted as India's Yao Ming in bid to boost subcontinental basketball
January 3rd, 2011
Standing 2.18-meters (7-foot-2) tall, the 15-year-old Bhamara is being touted as the player who can turn Indian basketball around."It feels good to be compared to Yao Ming," says the shy boy from rural India, who adds he realizes he has a long way to go after an initial three-month stint at the IMG basketball academy in Florida.
Basketball finally makes the grade
January 3rd, 2011
Basketball is undergoing a make-over in the country and, even as the sport is poised to take a big leap ahead, it could bring some stability from monetary incentives to the nation’s hoopsters. After a big boost, thanks to their tie-up with IMG Reliance, the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) has gone forward in implementing graded payments for national players, both men and women.
Teenager Bhamara touted as India's Yao Ming in bid to boost subcontinental basketball
January 3rd, 2011
Standing 2.18-meters (7-foot-2) tall, the 15-year-old Bhamara is being touted as the player who can turn Indian basketball around."It feels good to be compared to Yao Ming," says the shy boy from rural India, who adds he realizes he has a long way to go after an initial three-month stint at the IMG basketball academy in Florida.
NBA's Bobby Sharma Joins IMG
December 15th, 2010
IMG, the premier global sports and media company, announced today that Bobby Sharma has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Global Business Development, Basketball. Sharma joins IMG from the National Basketball Association (NBA) where he was Vice President & General Counsel of the NBA Development League.
Tapping India's Untapped Potential
December 15th, 2010
Despite boasting the world's second-largest population, India's basketball pedigree is unimpressive: The country has sent no players to the NBA, and the one time its team qualified for the Olympics, it finished in last.
Companies betting on soccer in India
December 10th, 2010
Reliance Industries, India’s largest private-sector firm, and sports and entertainment company IMG Worldwide have bought the commercial rights to soccer in India and will develop and run a new professional league in the country, India’s soccer federation announced Thursday.
AIFF signs 700-crore deal with IMG-RIL
December 9th, 2010
The All India Football Federation on Thursday roped in International Management Group-Reliance Industries Limited as their commercial partner by signing a 15-year agreement worth Rs 700 crore, one of the most lucrative deals in Indian sports.
At 14, 7-foot Satnam is India's NBA Hope
November 12th, 2010
The kid from a small Punjab village is making waves in the US for his potential. Spotted at a training programme for Indian students at the IMG Academy in Florida, Satnam is being talked about as a likely NBA player. That is a big deal. The NBA has never had an Indian player.
NBA Awaits Satnam from India, So Big and Athletic at 14
November 10th, 2010
Satnam came to the United States for the first time six weeks ago, one of 29 student athletes (both male and female in three different sports) from India who will train at the renowned IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla, as part of a new scholarship program to promote, develop and manage sports and entertainment in that country.
7-foot 14-year-old from India is ready to follow in Yao's footsteps
November 10th, 2010
One country that hasn't taken to the ring, or the court, yet? India. And though this massive nation hasn't had a player play or even be drafted by an NBA team, it's not easy to see why Satnam Singh Bhamara might not be the exception to the rule. After all, the 7-footer has scouts drooling over his skills.
IMG Academies basketball coach Dan Barto visits the Junior National Basketball Championship
October 27th, 2010
Dan Barto, who is a coordinator and basketball coach of the IMG Basketball Academy in Bradenton (Florida), USA, is at the Fr. Agnel School in Vashi (Navi Mumbai) to observe the Junior National Basketball Championship and train basketball coaches from around India on October 27th-29th, 2010. Barto is coaching the eight Indian student-athletes who have been sent to the IMG Academy as part of a scholarship programme by IMG-Reliance.
U.S. Basketball coach in India to spot young talent
October 27th, 2010
Dan Barto, a coordinator and basketball coach of the IMG Basketball Academy in Bradenton (Florida), USA, is here to spot talent in the ongoing Junior Nationals at the Fr Agnel School in Vashi, Navi Mumbai. Barto, who is currently coaching the eight Indian student-hoopers sent to the US as part of a scholarship programme by IMG-Reliance, is of the option that the visit would help him assess the standard of the crop of basketballers at the age of 14.
The NBA sets its eys on India
October 20th, 2010
In June 2010 the Basketball Federation of India and IMG - Reliance of Florida (United States) struck a deal to initiate a joint venture aimed to take Indian basketball to a professional level. The 30 - year deal sees IMG - Reliance take control of the game by launching a league, controlling merchandise, developing infrastructure and other commercial aspects.
City girl to be part of IMG Academy in Florida
September 19th, 2010
Nandini was among 15 players from the country that participated at the 10-day training and selection camp under IMG Reliance Scholarship for India tennis programme at IMG Academy late last month. And she proved her mettle among the top five that have qualified for the full time training in the USA.
NBA courts India as its next big thing
September 10th, 2010
Despite being one of India's hottest prospects, he's (Satnam Singh) still very much the naive village boy, coaches and sports officials said, and studying has never been his strong suit. He speaks minimal English and still makes the occasional 13-hour trip to New Delhi on dingy buses, where he has to sit on the wide back seat because it's the only one big enough for him.
First batch of sportspersons selected for IMG Reliance Scholarship
September 4th, 2010
Twenty nine youngsters from across the nation are part of the first batch of trainees selected under the IMG Reliance Scholarship for India Programme. These kids, ranging between 11 to 14 years, will be enrolled as full-time scholars for training at IMG Academies in Bradenton, Florida.
Satnam Singh: Larger than Life
August 20th, 2010
The first thing I notice is his shoes. Size 22, made of some obscure shoe brand that I haven't heard of. That is the first thing I ask him, too, and he confirms to me that they are custom made. "Straight from Amreeka!" he says. He confirms that he has another, better pair coming his way. Sure enough, the next time I meet him, he is sporting a pair of black Nikes. Size 22.
AITA, IMG Reliance to boost Indian Talent
July 13th, 2010
The All India Tennis Association (AITA) and IMG Reliance have joined hands to develop the latent tennis potential in the country. As part of this initiative, Tennis Coaching legend Nick Bollettieri is visiting India to identify the talent in the country. Under the aegis of AITA, trials will be conducted under the watchful eyes of Bollettieri for selection of young tennis players for the IMG Reliance Scholarships for India programme.
India needs stronger players, educated coaches: Bollettieri
July 12th, 2010
India will have to churn out stronger players and educate coaches if the country has to do well in tennis, according to legendary coach Nick Bollettieri.On his first visit to the country, Bollettieri, who has coached star players like Andre Agassi, Anna Kournikova and Serene Williams, said Indian players are not strong enough.
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