Timothy Galwey is a professor at Harvard University and a tennis coach who is considered the founder of modern coaching.

When he worked on the court, he noticed that the improvement of only physical skills does not bring a qualitative result in the development of his wards. At the same time, clear instructions for action, such as “Catch the ball”, also met with dubious success.

Gallwey realized that the most dangerous opponent was in the head, not on the other side of the net. Anyone who, at least once in their life, participated in competitions or went out for public speaking, knows that the main thing is to cope with internal excitement. It is this that is the main enemy of victory.

Timothy also noticed that if a person trusts a mentor too much, he stops developing independently. The task of the coach is not to become an expert for the student, but to guide him, to allow him to reveal his own potential, to remove resistance. While fear and doubts are sitting inside, one should not expect colossal results.

Gallwey reflected his theories and practical experience in books:

“The Inner Game of Tennis”, “Work as an Inner Game. Disclosure of personal potential” and others.

Based on the methods outlined, he opened the consulting firm "The Inner Game" to implement techniques in various areas of life: from sports to business. His clients were not only IBM, Coca-Cola, but also ordinary people. There he met a landmark student - John Whitmore.

John Whitmore did not plan to become a coach, and at the beginning of his career he was thirsty for adrenaline. The successful British racing driver has won GT championship titles and even finished second in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. But he decided to end his career in sports, as the serious accidents of his friends impressed him too much.

After working in big business for only two years, he leaves for the United States to study psychology, where he meets Timothy Galwey.

The former racing driver is so impressed with the techniques of the "inner game of tennis" that he devotes himself to studying coaching in his own sports schools.

In the process of conducting trainings, John develops a model for achieving GROW goals, which is still in demand. The idea of ​​the model is very simple:

• Goal - determine the goal;
• Reality - describe the current conditions in which the goal must be achieved;
• Option - find obstacles that hinder the achievement of the goal, and options for bypassing them;
• Way forward - make a plan of action.

Without a mentor, it can be difficult to stick to a pattern. Usually we act: “I see the goal - I see no obstacles” or a better option: Goal, deadline and action plan. But in fact, it turns out that a bunch of small inconsistencies do not allow us to continue our journey to point B.

That's why we decided to name our school GROW.