Anatoly Tarasov: biography, records and tactics of the legendary ice hockey coach

Hockey is a popular and favorite game for the Russian people, which after football takes second place. The battle on the ice is an interesting sight. CSKA hockey team in times of existence of the USSR reached enormous heights. Its coach was Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov. He is a famous hockey player and football player, candidate of pedagogical sciences, master of sports of the Soviet Union.

Some facts from the life of Anatoly Tarasov

Honored coach was born in Moscow in 1918, died in the same city in 1995. The biography of Tarasov Anatoliy Vladimirovich is very fascinating, full of bright moments, victories and defeats.

His mother worked at a garment factory, was engaged in the education of two sons. Father Anatoly lost at the age of 9 years, from this moment he became the senior man of the family. Tarasovs lived near the sports complex "Dynamo". Mom drove her sons to study at the school "Young Dynamo". Only a few years later, Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov became the head of the youth national hockey team, and then the Moscow team.

He graduated from the secondary school for seven years, graduated from a vocational school. At the age of 19, at the insistence of the Young Dynamo, he entered the Higher School of Trainers. At 22, the already famous footballer of the Odessa team "Dynamo" was an attacker. When the Great Patriotic War ended, he was given the honorary title of Senior Major. He joined the coaches of the football and hockey teams of the Air Force.

Life after the war

In 1946-1947, Anatoly Tarasov became a playing coach of the Central Circus. In these difficult times the team was the leader, in the USSR champions took first place.

Anatoly Vladimirovich told how they persistently and heavily trained at night: from 24 hours to 6. This was the first artificial ice of the country with a size of 120 square meters. Previously, players did not think about training in comfort or pay for the victory, but only engaged in hockey and improved techniques.

The biography of Tarasov Anatoly Vladimirovich is filled with successes and failures in the coaching career. In the Soviet era, politicians dictated their conditions or requirements even in sports. And Tarasov was rebellious, sharp and bold. This man had his own opinion and was accustomed to listen only to him. These qualities and led the coach to expulsion from hockey.

Since 1958 Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov was engaged with the USSR team. A couple of years of his work the team became the European champion in hockey. But one day the political leadership of the country ordered to play with the Czechoslovakians in a "draw". They wanted to help the friendly state take the second place. But the USSR national team defeated the opponent with a score of 5: 2. In other words, Tarasov refused to follow the instructions of the leadership and was dismissed from his position as a coach.

World and Olympic champions

Outstanding person Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov from 1947 to 1975 successfully led the team of CSKA. He was a playing coach. On the ice spent one hundred matches in the championships of the USSR and scored one hundred and six goals. In his example, he showed and taught his subordinates how to behave in battles. Coach Anatoly Tarasov always tried to bring his team to the leaders, and he succeeded. Under his clear leadership, CSKA won eighteen times the gold medalist at the USSR Championship. Anatoly Vladimirovich was a wise and reasonable coach. And this did not go unnoticed by higher authorities.

In 1957, Tarasov was awarded the title of Honored Coach of the Soviet Union. And a year later he headed the USSR team. It was a responsible and honorable work. For fourteen years, Anatoly Vladimirovich led the team and achieved stunning results. The USSR national team has won nine times in the world championships and three times was the champion of the Olympic Games. Trusted this talented coach, the team has achieved tremendous heights.

Contribution to domestic hockey

Pupils of Anatoly Tarasov have repeatedly become world champions and Olympic games. These are famous hockey players: Firsov and Almetov, Petrov and Kharlamov, Tretyak and Loktev, Ragulin and Almetov, Alexandrov and Mikhailov, and many others.

Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov was a candidate of pedagogical sciences. He left a huge mark in the development of domestic hockey. To this day his students and other Russian athletes remember his works and merits.

But the honored coach made a significant contribution not only to the domestic sport, but also to the world sport. According to the British Encyclopedia, Tarasov is the father of Russian hockey. He made the USSR national team the most powerful and leading force in international battles on ice.

Player's Guide

Unsurpassed mastery and invaluable experience was described in the books "Hockey Future "and" Tactics of hockey "Anatoly Tarasov. Even these days they are popular and are the guide for many famous players.

In books, tactics of defense and attack are described, in particular, individual, team and group actions. Tarasov argued that any movement of an individual hockey player (goalkeeper, striker, defender) should be based on his physical and technical training. Also important is the player's ability to tactically think on the ice.

The coach has developed a whole scheme for organizing the actions of the whole team. Each hockey player has its own purpose and an important role in different areas of the ice rink. If you follow the developed system, then necessarily effective and complex combinations will follow. For example, entering the zone of attack or leaving the defense zone, playing out rivals or actions at the side.

Famous coach's family

In 1939 Anatoly Tarasov married a nice girl named Nina. She, as well as an athlete, studied at the Higher School of Trainers. February 13, 1947 in their family was born daughter Tatiana. The father himself trained her on the ice. Already in the early fifties, the girl was confidently skating.

After many years, Tatyana Tarasova became a wonderful and famous coach in figure skating. Just like Anatoly Vladimirovich, she brought up a large number of world champions.

The Tarasov family survived the terrible war years, but still remained united and inseparable!