Sambo is the result of creative thinking and joint work of a group of specialists formed on the basis of the best elements selected from the technical tricks of the national wrestling forms of the peoples of the world. The purpose of the research is to study the tricks performed in sambo with different grips over the shoulders, to develop an effective method of teaching tricks to young sambo athletes. From the analysis of the results of the sociological research carried out with the sambo coaches and young sambo athletes of the Republic and the results of the study of scientific-methodical literary sources, we came to the following conclusion: 1. As a result of the sociological survey carried out among coaches, it turned out that 40% of them are of the opinion that the training of tricks with different grips over the shoulders should start only after 5-6 months of training beginner sambo athletes.