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Melon Dash

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Nonfiction, Psychology, Sports

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Carl Rogers

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Born in upstate New York, Melon (Mary Ellen) Dash swam competitively as a child and teenager, through four years of college at U. Mass./Amherst, nonstop into the present.

As a graduate teaching assistant in the 70s, she noticed that half of her Beginning Swimming students every semester were unable to follow her instructions because lessons were too advanced. Yet the course was called, "Beginning Swimming."

The problem was that students were afraid. They didn’t know how the water worked and they were afraid to try things because they might sink, panic or drown. There were no words or thoughts in her Water Safety Instructor training that addressed these students’ needs.

They needed something that had never been taught in traditional swimming Born in upstate New York, Melon (Mary Ellen) Dash swam competitively as a child and teenager, through four years of college at U. Mass./Amherst, nonstop into the present.

As a graduate teaching assistant in the 70s, she noticed that half of her Beginning Swimming students every semester were unable to follow her instructions because lessons were too advanced. Yet the course was called, "Beginning Swimming."

The problem was that students were afraid. They didn’t know how the water worked and they were afraid to try things because they might sink, panic or drown. There were no words or thoughts in her Water Safety Instructor training that addressed these students’ needs.

They needed something that had never been taught in traditional swimming lessons: presence of mind. In 1978, that wasn’t on the radar.

Five years later, faced with the question, “What shall I do with my life?” she decided to start a swim school for adults who were afraid in water. She created a new way to teach swimming based on a system that allowed every student to be completely present at all times, thereby preventing panic. When people are present and comfortable, they can learn. Her system has never once failed.

She has trained sixty-five instructors worldwide, produced a how-to video, written a how-to book, Conquer Your Fear of Water, appeared on the Today Show, CNN Headline News, in New York Times Play Magazine and countless other national publications and radio shows. She speaks at the World Aquatic Health conference, the National Aquatics Council, United States Swim School Association, and American Swim Coaches Association meetings. Her proudest achievements are her five thousand adult graduates including SCUBA divers, lap swimmers, triathletes, snorkelers and swimming instructors, and her teaching method which she believes may change the bedrock of all teaching.

She resides in Sarasota, Florida where she swims with a Masters team, advises her non-profit Miracle Swimming for Adults, Inc., and is working on her next books. Her favorite toys are her Macintosh and her bike.
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	Conquer Your Fear of Water: An Innovative Self-Discovery Course in Swimming 4.36 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conquer Your Fear of Water : A Revolutionary Way to Learn to Swim Without Ever Feeling Afraid 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	[Conquer Your Fear of Water: An Innovative Self-Discovery Course in Swimming] [By: Dash, Melon] [May, 2006] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Learning strokes isn't the same thing as learning to swim. If you can do strokes but only in shallow water, you're not safe in deep water. Knowing how to swim must include comfort and safety in deep water.

If you've learned to swim, you're comfortable in deep water. You may or may not know formal strokes.

Yes, strokes are swimming but knowing strokes is not "knowing how to swim." Yes, it's confusing. No, it shouldn't be this way. And this is why so many adults can't swim.”
― Melon Dash, Conquer Your Fear of Water : A Revolutionary Way to Learn to Swim Without Ever Feeling Afraid

tags: adult-swimming-lessons-book, learn-to-swim

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“When learning to swim, if something is not fun, don't do it.”
― Melon Dash, Conquer Your Fear of Water: A Revolutionary Way to Learn to Swim Without Ever Feeling Afraid

tags: adult-swimming-lessons-book, learn-to-swim-book, swimming-lessons

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