About us
Sport unites us. For almost twenty years.
Sport Academy was born out of a love for movement and the conviction that a good coach can influence much more than just sporting skills. They can help a child gain courage, help an adult rediscover their appetite for sport, and help a whole group experience the joy of shared success. These are exactly the moments we enjoy and which give our work meaning.
Jan Hnilička stood at the birth of Sport Academy. From the original swimming lessons and sports courses, a wide range of activities for children, adults, schools and companies has gradually grown. Today, our work brings us to swimming pools, gyms, climbing walls, nature and corporate workplaces. Everywhere we go, we bring experience, a personal approach and a desire to pass on the joy of movement.
Everyone comes to us with a different story. Someone needs to build up courage and submerge their head underwater for the first time. Another wants to improve their technique, get fit or clear their head after a working day. We are interested in what you specifically need. Accordingly, we choose the pace, the method of guidance and the challenges that will help you move forward.
With children, we build on versatile movement development, positive motivation and mutual respect. We want them to acquire good foundations, get to know the possibilities of their bodies and have the courage to try new things. So that they experience the fact that something they couldn't do yesterday, they can manage today. And so that they look forward to the next lesson. Communication with parents is also an important part for us, because together we can best support the children.
We help adults find movement that matches their goals, possibilities and rhythm of life. Whether they are beginners, returning to sport after a long break, or wanting to develop their skills. Our coaches combine professional guidance with an understanding of the person standing in front of them.
Behind Sport Academy is a team of coaches, instructors, lecturers and organisers. We continuously educate ourselves in our fields as well as in how to work with motivation, emotions and relationships. We care about the quality of teaching as much as the atmosphere we create together.
From long-term cooperation with schools and companies, our own independent projects were also born: Mimo lavice, Plavání pro školy, Atletix, Wellbeing pro firmy and Rituály přechodu. Each has its own focus, but all are united by the Sport Academy approach — to perceive people's needs and prepare programmes that have real meaning for them.
We take joy in every mastered stroke, every brave jump and every return to sport after years. But it makes the most sense to us when people take away the desire to continue.
Because that is exactly when movement becomes a natural part of life.
