Hockey is a popular and favorite game among the Russian people, which after football takes second place. The battle on the ice is an interesting sight. The hockey team of CSKA during the existence of the USSR reached tremendous heights. Her trainer was Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov. This is a famous hockey player and soccer player, candidate of pedagogical sciences, master of sports of the Soviet Union.
Some facts from the life of Anatoly Tarasov
The deserved trainer was born in Moscow in 1918, died in the same city in 1995.
The biography of Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov 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. Anatoly lost his father at the age of 9 years, from that moment he became the oldest man in the family. The Tarasovs lived near the Dynamo sports complex. Mom drove her sons to study at the Young Dynamo School. Only a few years later, Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov became the head of the youth hockey team, and then the team of the city of Moscow.
I studied at a secondary school for seven years, graduated from a vocational school. At the age of 19, at the insistence of “Young Dynamo” he entered the Higher School of Trainers. At 22, the already famous footballer of the Odessa Dynamo team was a striker. When the Great Patriotic War ended, he was given an honorary title - Senior Major. He joined the coaches of the football and hockey teams of the Air Force club.
Life after the war
In the years 1946-1947, Anatoly Tarasov became a playing coach of the CDKA. In these difficult times, the team was a leader; in the champions of the USSR, it occupied first places.
Anatoly Vladimirovich told how they trained hard and hard at night: from 24 hours to 6. This was the first artificial ice in the country measuring 120 square meters. Previously, players did not think about training in comfortable conditions or paying for a victory, but only engaged in hockey and improved techniques.
Biography of Tarasov Anatoly Vladimirovich is filled with successes and failures in the coaching career. In Soviet times, politicians dictated their conditions or requirements, even in sports. And Tarasov was rebellious, sharp and bold. This man had his own opinion and was used to listening only to him. These qualities and led the coach to banish from hockey.
Since 1958, Tarasov Anatoly Vladimirovich was engaged with the USSR team. After a couple of years of his work, the team became the European hockey champion. But once the political leadership of the country ordered to play with the Czechs in a “draw”. They wanted to help the friendly state take second place. But the USSR team defeated the opponent with a score of 5: 2. In other words, Tarasov refused to follow the instructions of the leadership and for this he was removed from the post of coach.
World and Olympic champions
An outstanding person Anatoly Vladimirovich Tarasov from 1947 to 1975 successfully led the team of CSKA. He was a playing coach. On ice, he spent one hundred matches in the USSR championships and scored one hundred and six goals. By his example, he showed and taught his subordinates how to behave in battles. Coach Anatoly Tarasov all the time tried to bring his team to the leaders, and he succeeded. Under his clear leadership, CSKA became a gold medalist at the USSR Championship eighteen times. Anatoly Vladimirovich was a wise and judicious coach. And this did not go unnoticed by higher authorities.
In 1957, Tarasov was awarded the title of Honored Trainer of the Soviet Union. And a year later he headed the USSR national team. It was a responsible and honorable work. For fourteen years, Anatoly Vladimirovich led the team and achieved stunning results. The USSR national team won nine times at world champions and three times was the champion of the Olympic Games. The teams entrusted to this talented coach have achieved tremendous heights.
Contribution to domestic hockey
Pupils of Anatoly Tarasov repeatedly became world champions and the Olympic Games. These are famous hockey players: Firsov and Almetov, Petrov and Kharlamov, Tretyak and Loktev, Ragulin and Almetov, Alexandrov and Mikhailov, as well as 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 labors and merits.
But the honored coach made a significant contribution not only to domestic sports, but also to the world. 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 Guide
Unrivaled craftsmanship and invaluable experience has been described in the books “Hockey
of the future ”and“ Tactics of hockey ”by Anatoly Tarasov. Even today, they are popular and are a guide for many famous players.
The books describe tactics of defense and attack, 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. The player’s ability to think tactically on ice also plays an important role.
The coach has developed a whole organization of the actions of the whole team. Each hockey player has his own purpose and important role in different areas of the rink. If you adhere to the developed system, then effective and complex combinations will necessarily follow. For example, entering the zone of attack or leaving the zone of defense, acting out opponents or acting on board.
Famous Trainer Family
In 1939, Anatoly Tarasov married a sweet girl named Nina. She, like an athlete, studied at the Graduate School of Trainers. On February 13, 1947, their daughter Tatyana was born in their family. Father himself trained her on ice. Already in the early fifties, the girl confidently stood on skates.
After many years, Tatyana Tarasova became an excellent and famous figure skating coach. Just like Anatoly Vladimirovich, she raised a large number of world champions.
The Tarasov family survived the terrible war years, but still remained united and inseparable!