From Wembley's Goal Savers to California's GoLearn : iPods applications in Football spreads out

On Sunday the football world was puzzled to hear Manchester United goalkeeper Foster revealing of being helped - in his Carling Cup's winning saves over Tottenham penalties takers opponents - by looking at pre-recorded iPods video of the Spurs' spot kicks takers styles.

Today come the announcement that Whagaa Software Inc., a software publisher and developer of instructional applications for mobile devices and the developer of the iMIP - Interactive Mobile Instructional Platform - from Scotts Valley , California, has launched GoLearn Soccer an application for iPhone and iPod Touch aimed to U6 through U12 aged players.

With GoLearn Soccer for Kids, coaches, parents and aspiring soccer players kids can learn warm ups, training drills and cool downs. The product comes bundled with more than 3o videos offering clear instruction from a professional soccer coach for children. Soccer Notes additional feature also enables the user to keep important notes about ! trainee's attendance and drills – all from their Apple iPhone or iPod Touch while at the training ground.

The educational content of GoLearn Soccer is presented as "The key to youth soccer in getting kids to learn and have fun at the same time and Complete Soccer Coach, a the web based soccer coaching resource behind the application, accomplishes both by providing drills and advice for great practice sessions in a mobile, easily accessible device, which will give the kids something they haven't seen before'' said Andrew Hemingway, Founder of Complete Soccer Coach. Complete Soccer Coach makes use of a variety of web technologies that include a comprehensive video library, a comprehensive drill library, online coaching certification, online articles from expert coaches and one-on-one customized advice and support from professional staff.

"The release of GoLearn Soccer for Kids is the first instructional content application from Whagaa targeted for kids a! nd their parents'' said Erik Florio, CEO/Founder of Whagaa Sof! tware. W hagaa delivers a rapid, innovative application development platform that accelerates the combination of traditional content such as database, GPS, video and web-enabled content, and social networking, with a unique, stylized platform to enhance and enrich the user experience in a mobile environment.