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IMG Academy is a private athletic training institute for youth, high school, collegiate and professional athletes located in Bradenton, Florida. The academy offers programs for tennis, golf, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, soccer, football, track & field and cross country and athletic and personal development. IMG Academy attracts more than 12,000 athletes from approximately 80 countries every year. ==History== Nick Bollettieri founded the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in 1978. Sports and entertainment company IMG purchased the academy in 1987.〔(New IMG brand to unify Bradenton campus | Business | Bradenton Herald )〕 IMG acquired the youth division of the David Leadbetter Golf Academy in 1993 and added programs for soccer and baseball in 1994. Hockey and basketball programs were added in 2000 and 2001, respectively, and by 2002 the IMG campus had expanded to .〔(The education is intensive—and expensive—at IMG Academies, – 11.25.02 – SI Vault )〕 IMG Academy suspended its hockey program in 2003. Football was added in 2010,〔http://www.maxpreps.com/news/D0S-6DLfEd-UswAcxJTdpg/john-madden,-img-academies-launch-img-madden-football-academy.htm〕 as well as lacrosse.〔http://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/img-lacrosse-academy-to-begin-offering-instruction-in-march/5895〕 Track & field and cross country was added in 2013.〔http://sportstechie.net/img-academy-launches-track-field-and-cross-country-program/〕 IMG Academy currently sits on of land, and in 2011, IMG paid $7.5 million for an additional adjacent to the current campus for future expansion.〔 In 2014, IMG purchased an additional . The land borders IMG's west campus, where the sports performance academy is undergoing a $198 million expansion.〔http://www.bradenton.com/2014/07/09/5245120_img-acquires-manatee-fruit-land.html?rh=1〕 The IMG Pendleton School was founded in 1999 as a co-educational, college preparatory school for athletic students. In 2012, the school changed its name to "IMG Academy".〔http://www.fhsaa.org/news/2012/0831〕 It delivers both academics and athletics.〔http://www.imgacademy.com/prep-school-program/overview〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「IMG Academy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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