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{{Infobox company
|company_name   = IMG Academy
|company_logo   = [[File:IMG Academy Logo.jpg|200px]]
|company_type   = [[Privately held company|Private]]
|slogan         = The Total Athlete
|foundation     = 1978
|location       = [[Bradenton]], [[Florida]]
|key_people     = [[Nick Bollettieri]], Founder of Bollettieri Tennis program; Sam Zussman, Managing Director
|industry       = [[Boarding School]], [[Summer camp|Camp]], Sports Camps
|homepage       = [http://www.imgacademy.com/ www.imgacademy.com]}}

'''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, 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 Bollettieriholas cage Tennis Academy in 1978. Sports and entertainment company [[IMG (company)|IMG]] purchased the academy in 1987.<ref name="a">[http://www.bradenton.com/2012/08/19/4163910/new-img-brand-to-unify-bradenton.html New IMG brand to unify Bradenton campus | Business | Bradenton Herald<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> IMG acquired the youth division of the [[David Leadbetter (golf instructor)|David Leadbetter]] Golf Academy in 1993 and added programs for soccer and baseball in 1994. Hock(contracted; show full)
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[[Category:Children's sport]]
[[Category:Sports in Florida]]
[[Category:Sports academies]]
[[Category:Summer camps]]