Yuri Vyacheslavovich Arkhangelsky, a pensioner born in 1938, whose whole life is somehow connected with volleyball. He trains the Sphere team, the same veterans. He treats his wards with tenderness, like children, affectionately calling them boys. Yuri Vyacheslavovich leads them, which is not so easy, because each of them has hundreds of sports competitions behind their backs. This time they are participating in a veteran sports tournament, in which they have not risen above third place before. Will Yuri Vyacheslavovich be able to turn the tide?