In a world where 236,000 people lose their lives to drowning each year, and with 2.5 million deaths over the past decade, "Melon" (Mary Ellen) Dash, the founder of Miracle Swimming School for Adults,
/PRNewswire/ Three significant errors in traditional swimming instruction have actually prevented swimming students from becoming safe in water and by.
/PRNewswire/ "I feel like a fraud. I m a swimming instructor and I m terrified in deep water," admits Jessica E., owner of her own swim school in Texas. No.
The New Swim Test
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SARASOTA, Fla., April 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A new swim test has been proposed to speed up the end of preventable drowning worldwide. The most widely used test in the United States requires that a student propel him/herself a certain distance demonstrating the ability to perform a formal stroke, and tread water or float for one minute. However, according to Melon Dash of Miracle Swimming School for Adults, the test is for propulsion and technique, not safety. To prove one s safety, one must demonstrate the ability to stay afloat in deep water for at least 10 minutes peacefully. This requires that the student understand his/her natural buoyancy and rules out the non-swimmer tendency toward panic. S/he must be comfortable sustaining buoyancy in deep water.