Help With Play (Declarer)

These ten short lessons are designed to be used at the beginning of Help With Play sessions. They consist of one hand for each lesson, where I show you the way a declarer should think about a hand, including the plan, the techniques for making extra tricks, and how to consider playing the hand. Bridge etiquette is covered too.

Lessons in this course:

    1. Tips and Hand Analysis Notes

    2. Play Hand 1

    3. Review Hand 1

    4. Etiquette Tip

    1. Tips and Hand Analysis Notes

    2. Play Hand 1

    3. Review Hand 1

    4. Etiquette Tip

    1. Tips and Hand Analysis

    2. Play Hand 1

    3. Review Hand 1

    4. Etiquette Tip

    1. Tips and Hand Analysis

    2. Play Hand 1

    3. Review Hand 1

    4. Etiquette Tip

    1. Tips and Hand Analysis

    2. Play Hand 1

    3. Review Hand 1

    4. Etiquette Tip

    1. Tips and Hand Analysis

    2. Play Hand 1

    3. Review Hand 1

    4. Etiquette Tip

About this course:

  • 40 activities
  • 10 practice hands
  • 10 hand reviews
Each lesson contains:
Videos

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Notes

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Hands

Reinforce what you’ve learned by playing practice hands

Etiquette

Learn the social rules of bridge with our fun tips

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This course is designed for beginners and those who would like to refresh their skills. Intermediate and more experienced players may benefit from solidifying their learning on this topic, or they can look to Joan's other courses for Intermediate and Experienced levels.
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