Tampa Swim Instructor Goes Viral With Mantra For Swimming Success

There's a swim instructor in Tampa who just went viral for his amazing advice and mantra for his little swimmers.

Tyler Reed is the owner of Triton Aquatic Training in Tampa. He went on Good Morning America to talk about his "mermaid mantra," which is a teaching tool he uses to help his students feel comfortable in the water.

Tyler said, "Especially for my little mermaids, I always say, 'I'm big. I'm brave. I'm beautiful,' and I have them repeat after me. I think a lot of people look at 2-year-olds and babies as children that are incapable of being able to swim or save themselves and I'm trying to kind of erase that psyche from them, that they can they really can do this."

By the way, Tyler gave my daughters and nieces swim lessons. We LOVE him!

Swimming Video Goes Viral

Tyler put out a video on social media video, and it is approaching 40 million views on TikTok. It shows a 2-year-old swimmer saying, "I'm big. I'm brave. I'm beautiful."

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If you are ever hanging around Westchase and want a cool treat or dessert, I can give you some great advice.

We get desserts after dinner at least once or twice a week. If I’m headed to visit one of my family members and want to arrive with ice cream, it’s so easy to go to this one spot in Westchase called Froyo. It has a drive-thru. I love it. No fuss. They have cute décor in the ice cream shop, too, along with a play area for kids. The shop is in the same plaza as the Publix on Linebaugh.

I love two places in the plaza (that Sprouts is in) on the corner of Linebaugh and Sheldon. Jeremiah’s Italian Ice has all kinds of yummy flavors, and I like it because I feel like it’s lighter than ice cream. Opposite end of the calorie spectrum...Crumbl Cookies. They are my FAVORITE. My girlfriend came to visit me from New York City and introduced me to Cookies because they have them in New York. Amazing!

If you are enjoying dinner at Catch 23, which is on Montague in the heart of Westchase, you can treat yourself if you save some room for creamy treats after dinner at Whit's Frozen Custard. It’s fun to get a cone or a cup to go and then stroll down Montague Street.

You’re going to laugh at my final choice. Grain and Berry. We call it “ice cream” in our family. I’ve tricked my kids into thinking that Grain and Berry serves ice cream. They pick either “purple ice cream” (acai bow) or “pink ice cream” (dragon fruit bowl). I wonder how long I can keep that ruse up before they figure it out.

If you want more information about these five great places, you can see the list below.

This place has a lot of great healthy options.