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Soccer Training and Technology Merge In New Animated Training DVD
Advanced technology provides skills in a format familiar to today’s young players

FAYETTEVILLE, NC – October 1, 2004 – Soccer training meets state-of-the-art animation technology in the remarkable new Virtual Soccer Skills DVD from Immersion Media. The ideal holiday gift for young soccer players as well as their coaches and trainers, the DVD features revolutionary animation technology that simply and clearly explains core soccer moves and drills.

As part of its basic skills training, the Virtual Soccer Skills DVD features the "Top 20 Moves For Youth Soccer Players." Played out in extraordinarily detailed 3D animation, this segment of the DVD showcases footwork drills and one-on-one signature moves made famous by some of the world’s greatest soccer players.

Immersion Media – which created the technology in partnership with Challenger Sports, Lenexa, Kan., the country’s leading provider of youth soccer camps – is changing and enhancing the way today’s youths and adults learn sports. The company is dedicated to merging technology and sports instruction and is the only company utilizing this advanced level of 3D animation for sports training.

"The technology allows us to bring to our viewers detail and visual clarity impossible through either video or any other technology available today," says Rick Perko, founder and president of Immersion Media, Fayetteville, NC. "The Virtual Soccer Skills DVD makes it simpler and easier to understand and learn the basics of the sport, in a format where today’s kids are comfortable."

The 90-minute Virtual Soccer Skills DVD can be viewed on a computer, television or game console. An additional technological advance is its Print & Play[TM] feature, which allows users to print out sequential still shots of the animation for use on the practice or playing field.

"This isn’t a video game. It is a hands-on training tool that uses a technology familiar to today’s young soccer players," Perko adds. "It is part of our ultimate goal to utilize technology to get boys and girls interested and involved in sports at a young age by teaching them skills in an entertaining format."

The Virtual Soccer Skills DVD can be purchased online this Holiday season by simply clicking on to Immersion Media’s Web site at www.imsports.com. Price: $19.99. For more information, contact Rick Perko, Immersion Media, 910-868-8442; rickp@imsports.com, or log on to www.imsports.com.