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Develop Your Skills
For those ready to learn more, we offer "Develop Your Skills" and "Gentle Hand Analysis", aimed at players who have completed “Build on the Basics”, and/or have been playing Bridge for at least a year. Bidding, defence, and declarer play are all targeted, and Hand Analysis is used to consolidate these skills. These players will be thinking about moving up from Rookie to Restricted play.
Lessons are typically held online on Thursday mornings at 9:30 am. Join "live" on Zoom or watch the recording at your leisure. To book or order a recording, click here to email Anita.
Develop Your Skills Lessons Visitors $20 | Members $17 per lesson.
Broaden Your Game Lessons Visitors $25 | Members $20 per lesson.
To see the current schedule of lessons - please see below:
| Course | Days | Time | Venue | Find out more |
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| Develop Your Skills | Thursdays | 9:30 am | Online | Email Anita |
| - End of course Hand Analysis 3 | 28th Sept | 9:30 am | Online | Click to Book |
| - End of course Hand Analysis 4 | 5th Oct | 9:30 am | Online | Click to Book |
| - I hate No Trumps! | 12th Oct | 9:30 am | Online | Click to Book |
| - No Lesson | 19th Oct | 9:30 am | Online | |
| - End of course Hand Analysis 5 | 26th Oct | 9:30 am | Online | Click to Book |
| - No Lesson | 2nd Nov | 9:30 am | Online | |
| - Covering Honours in defence | 9th Nov | 9:30 am | Online | Click to Book |
| - Gentle Hand Analysis 6 | 16th Nov | 9:30 am | Online | Click to Book |
| - Card Combinations Part 2 (missing 2 honours) | 23rd Nov | 9:30 am | Online | Click to Book |
| - Gentle Hand Analysis 7 | 30th Nov | 9:30 am | Online | Click to Book |
| The “Broaden Your Game” program advances the concepts and ideas learnt at the: "Develop Your Skills" level, and participants will typically be aspiring to play in the Open game. | ||||
| Broaden Your Game | Wednesdays | 2pm | Online | Email Anita |
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A typical list of topics is below, these can be varied.
| Week | Topic | Week | Topic |
| 1 | Interfering over 1NT (When to overcall and What happens next? | 11 | You CAN bid slams in No Trumps – Quantitative 4NT |
| 2 | We're going to Slam! (Slam bidding in suits & Blackwood convention) | 12 | Forcing or not? Improve your bidding by understanding what is forcing and what isn’t. |
| 3 | Don’t steal this contract (Bidding over pre-empts) | 13 | How do I play this suit? Common suit combinations & how declarer should play them. |
| 4 | I CAN support you but not now! (The Canberra Convention – delayed support) | 14 | Where is this auction going? Focus on advancer’s options in the bidding |
| 5 | Managing entries (Declarer play) | 15 | Unblocking in defence – an essential part of defence |
| 6 | Let’s get into the bidding (Weak jump overcalls) | 16 | Cross ruffing – a great declarer play technique |
| 7 | Whose hand is it? (Competitive bidding) | 17 | Life after transfers – what else is there to know? (minor suit transfers; new suit after transfer) |
| 8 | Signalling is Legal. How do you tell partner you like/don’t like the suit they led? (Defence) | 18 | I love your transfer (super accepts) |
| 9 | Brilliant switches in defence. When shouldn’t you return your partner’s suit? | 19 | Establish your side suit |
| 10 | Double or nothing – find out about penalty doubles | 20 | How do you play NT contracts? |
Gentle Hand Analysis
Gentle Hand Analysis consolidates everything learnt and introduces new ideas through hand analysis. Defence, declarer play, and bidding are all targeted by examining 8 new hands each fortnight. With 20 lessons in total, your game will improve a lot.
Lessons are normally held online on Wednesday afternoons at 2 pm. Join "live" on Zoom or watch the recording at your leisure. To book or order a recording, click here to email Anita.
Visitors $25 | Members $20 per lesson
Broaden Your Game
The “Broaden Your Game” program advances the concepts and ideas learnt at the: "Develop Your Skills" level, and participants will typically be aspiring to play in the Open game.
Lessons are normally held online on Wednesday afternoons at 2 pm. Join "live" on Zoom or watch the recording at your leisure. To book or order a recording, click here to email Anita.
Visitors $25 | Members $20 per lesson. A typical list of topics is below, these can be varied. For our up-to-date Lessons Schedule - please click here.
| Week | Topic | Week | Topic |
| 1 | Bidding Judgement & the Losing Trick Count | 11 | Balancing & Re-opening Doubles: an essential part of competitive bidding |
| 2 | Fourth Suit Forcing part 1 – when & how to use 4SF | 12 | Overcalling with 2 suiters – bidding only |
| 3 | Minor matters: when should you go to game in a minor? When is 3nt better? What about stopping in 3 of a minor or going to slam in a minor? | 13 | Cue Raises – one of the most important conventions in competitive auctions so that you can differentiate between an invitational hand and a competitive raise |
| 4 | So you think you know Standard? (Problems inherent in Standard and possible solutions) | 14 | Step up: showing 2 suiters over their 1NT |
| 5 | Develop the auction with a misfit – bidding only | 15 | Meet the double response challenge (responding to partner’s double at all levels) |
| 6 | Communication 1 (opener & responder): 2nd & 3rd round negotiations | 16 | How do I get this contract down? Defence for the aspiring intermediate player |
| 7 | Communication 2 (overcaller & advancer): the other side of the coin | 17 | Covering honours in defence |
| 8 | Power Doubles – how to show a good hand – bidding only | 18 | Defence Myths & Truths - 2nd hand plays low in defence; 3rd hand high? Not necessarily! |
| 9 | Negative Doubles – an essential part of your competitive bidding repertoire– bidding only | 19 | Plan the Defence |
| 10 | Make the pressure bid – competitive bidding at its best! | 20 | Active/Passive defence |
Also, defence series (1) of 4 lessons for aspiring intermediate players. Intermediate Attitude signals; Intermediate Suit Preference signals; Intermediate Count signals; Putting all signals together.
