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Curriculum

Beginners

Term 1 (Minibridge)
Lesson 1 - Introduction to minibridge (yes)
Lesson 2 - Cashing Winners (Cash -win)
Lesson 3 - Suit Establishment
Lesson 4 - Basic defense (Defense minibdg)
Lesson 5 - finessing (finesse)

 

 

Lesson 6 - Finessing
Lesson 7 - Play techniques (Play techniques)
Lesson 8 - Basic Defense 2
Lesson 9 - Introduction to Bidding
Lesson 10 - Introduction to Bidding2

Term 2
Lesson 1 - Bidding 1
Lesson 2 - Bidding 2
Lesson 3 - Play techniques 2 (Playtech2)
Lesson 4 - Basic defense 3 (Basic Defense)
Lesson 5 - Openers Rebids

Lesson 6 - Responding
Lesson 7 - Responding to 1nt (yes)
Lesson 8 - Openers Rebids 2
Lesson 9 - Responding 2
Lesson 10 - Responding to 1nt 2

Term 3
Lesson 1 - More on Openers Rebids
Lesson 2 - More on Responding
Lesson 3 - Responding when Minimum-yes

Lesson 4- Competitive Bidding-overcalls
Lesson 5 - Competitive Bidding-T.O.X
Lesson 6 -Play Techniques 3 (Plytechn3 )

 

Improvers

Term 1
Lesson 1 - Basic Play 1 (basic Play1]
Lesson 2 - Basic Play 2 (basic Play2)
Lesson 3 - Limit Bids 1
Lesson 4 - Limit Bids 2
Lesson 5 - Responding to 1nt

 

 

Lesson 6 - Responding to overcalls (Overcalls)
Lesson 7 - Responding to a t.o.x (ToxExpls)
Lesson 6 - Responding when Minimum 2
Lesson 9 – Basic Defense
Lesson 10 - Card Combinations 1-yes

Term 2
Lesson 1 - Openers Rebids
Lesson 2 - Responding
Lesson 3 - Responding to 1nt
Lesson 4 - Play in No-Trumps (Ply NT)
Lesson 5 - The reverse(yes)

Lesson 6 -Responding to 2nt(yes)
Lesson 7 - Jump Shift(yes)
Lesson 8 -Responding to 2c(Strong hands)
Lesson 9 - Unblocking (yes)
Lesson 10 - More Basic Defense

Term 3
Lesson 1 - System Revision
Lesson 2 - Competitive bidding (Overcalls)
Lesson 3 - Competitive bidding (T.O.X)

Lesson 4 - Pre-Emptive Bidding(yes)
Lesson 5 – Weak Twos (yes)
Lesson 6 – Defense1 3rd hand play (yes)

Intermediate

Term 1
Lesson 1 - Uncontested Bidding
Lesson 2 - Uncontested Bidding2
Lesson 3 - No-Trump Bidding (Transfers)
Lesson 4 - Fourth Suit forcing (FSF exmpls)
Lesson 5 - Responding when Minimum

 

Lesson 6 - Setting up a side suit (yes)
Lesson 7 - The Hold-Up (yes)
Lesson 8 - Double Finesse (yes)
Lesson 9 - Defense2 2nd hand play (yes)
Lesson 10 - Defence-1 3rd hand Play revisited

Term 2
Lesson 1 - Jump Shift 2
Lesson 2 - The Reverse 2
Lesson 3 - Fourth Suit forcing (yes)
Lesson 4 - Forcing or Not (forcing)
Lesson 5 - Penalty Doubles (pnltydbls)

Lesson 6 - Dealing with Losers (deallosers)
Lesson 7 - Quick Discards (yes)
Lesson 8 - Suit Combinations
Lesson 9 - Avoidance Play(yes)
Lesson 10 - Balancing(yes)

Term 3
Lesson 1 - System Revision (basics)
Lesson 2 - System Revision (advanced)
Lesson 3 - Defense3 Opening Leads -yes

Lesson 4 – Defence-3 Signaling (yes)
Lesson 5 - Loser on loser (yes)
Lesson 6 - Planning a hand (yes)

 

 

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