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When you see a runner, swimmer, gymnast, weightlifter, or a representative of another sport rising to the podium, excited by the struggle, know that it was not he who won the victory, but also his coach, this inconspicuous, but obligatory participant in all competitions and championships. The fate of any athlete depends to a large extent on how he understands his student, how correctly he assesses his capabilities and how he advises to use them. There are a lot of talented, sincerely loving educators of future champions in our country. But sometimes there are those who ... However, the role of a real coach will become even clearer to you when you read this story. Its author, a former boxing champion of Moscow, the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions and the Soviet Union, worked as a coach himself for many years. But, speaking in the ring and passing on his experience to others, he studied, graduated from the Literary Institute. A.M. Gorky, wrote a lot about sports. In addition to this book, he wrote essays and short stories, the novels Three Rounds and The Biggest Victory, the documentary novel Stranglehold and the novel The First Step.