Miracle Swimming In the Media | How to Overcome Fear of Water

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Miracle Swimming

In the Media

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CNN.com OpEd Article

August 22, 2023

UMASS Article on Alumna Melon Dash

Fall, 2023

Different Strokes, Athletic Business Magazine

February, 2008

ABC 7 Segment on Melon's Patent

May 9, 2024

Miracle Swimming has been featured in:

Television

  • NBC’s Today Show
  • CNN Headline News
  • CBS Hour Magazine
  • TNN: Travel News Network
  • ITV-1, London, England
  • TGI-4
  • KTVU Evening News (San Francisco Bay Area)
  • KRON Evening News (San Francisco Bay Area)
  • NBC Evening News (Honolulu)
  • KGO-TV Sundays On 7, (San Francisco Bay Area)
  • Travel With Val (NYC)
  • New York City: “State of Mind”
  • WWLP-22 News, Springfield, Massachusetts
  • ABC 7 Suncoast View, Sarasota, FL
  • SNN Suncoast View

Radio

  • NPR
  • KGO Newstalk (San Francisco Bay Area)
  • KGO: Joanie Greggains Show (San Francisco Bay Area)
  • KHVM: The Mike Buck Show, Honolulu
  • WPON “The Travel & Adventure Radio Program” Rochester, MI
  • WJMC: “Coastal Daybreak” (North Carolina)
  • KCSM: College of San Mateo Radio

Magazines

  • Psychology Today
  • Athletic Business
  • Parks & Recreation
  • Utne Reader
  • Real Simple (twice)
  • Elle
  • AARP’s My Generation
  • Aquatics International
  • Recreation Management (1/07)
  • National Pool and Spa Review
  • Asian Diver
  • Berkeley Monthly (CA)
  • Open Exchange

Press Releases

State of Emergency in Adult Swimming Lessons August 10, 2024

Systemic Teaching Errors in Swimming Lessons
Prevent Learning to Swim and Add to the Drowning Rate – Miracle Swimming School for Adults Calls for Change

Death by Drowning Continues to Kill Thousands of Americans Yearly—Miracle Swimming School for Adults Warns: ‘Traditional Swimming Lessons Take the Wrong Approach’ December 15, 2022

Miracle Swimming School for Adults Reveals Flaw in Traditional Swim Instruction  January 4, 2022

The New Swim Test  April 30, 2021

It’s Not Crazy to Be Afraid in Water as an Adult    April 3, 2018

Public Adult Learn-to-Swim Initiative Announced  February 5, 2018

First Pool Dedicated to Adult-Learn-to-Swim Opens May 1 in Florida

109 Million Adults in the US Can’t Swim – Adults’ Swim School Brings Hope With Kickstarter Campaign for New Pool
March 16, 2016

Miracle Swimming for Adults to Open First Pool Dedicated to Adults Who Are Afraid in Water  February 16, 2016

Whale-Watching Boat Sinks in Canada. Can You Swim?  October 29, 2015

It’s Okay to Be Afraid in Water, Says Expert
June 17, 2015

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