Fall 2022
1NT Forcing
Online Lessons
With Alan Powell

The main audience for these lessons
is the player
with several years of Bridge playing experience:
Players who have regularly played
in 299 games or higher.

1NT Forcing is a convention used in conjunction with 2-over-1 Game Forcing and Jacoby 2NT

This is an 3-Week Online Series.
Players may attend all or any of the classes.

When:

THURSDAYS from December 1 - December 15

Evening Session: 7pm - 8:45pm

OR

FRIDAYS from December 2 - December 16

Morning Session: 10am - 11:45am

Participants choose a specific class time

but will receive Zoom links for both classes times each week.

Participants can swap from their chosen time if necessary

but may only attend one class per week.

What:

Players receive a pre-class Lecture PDF

with explanations and examples.

Players also receive a pre-class Video

to reinforce concepts from class.

Materials are sent on Monday each week.

On Class Day, players will join Alan

for approximately 45 minutes in Zoom for a Lecture

Then players will join Alan in Shark Bridge

for online practice of the lesson concepts.

There is no makeup for the practice portion of the class.

However, players will have the video and PDF, allowing them to keep up with the group before the next class meeting.

Price:

$54 for all 3 weeks

Players may enroll in the entire series at once,

choose specific dates at once, or

pay for each class on an individual basis

Single session classes - $18

Questions?

alan@essexbridgecenter.com

Individial Topics for Each Week

Thursday, December 1 and

Friday, December 2

1NT Forcing Part I

Learn the ins and outs of 1NT forcing.

Why do we need it? How does it change our bidding?

Learn how to choose the correct rebid for Opener

with all shapes and strengths.

Thursday, December 8 and

Friday, December 9

1NT Forcing Part II

Integrate Responder's Rebid with Opener's Rebids

including the new invitational hand types

included in 1NT Forcing.

Learn how to handle problem hand shapes

to keep your partnership out of trouble.

Thursday, December 15 and

Friday, December 16

1NT Forcing Part III

Practice putting all the pieces of 1NT Forcing together

in an extended Shark session.

Fun! Social! Challenging!

Intellectually Stimulating!

Fall 2022
1NT Forcing
Online Lessons
With Alan Powell

When:

THURSDAYS from December 1 - December 15

Evening Session: 7pm - 8:45pm

OR

FRIDAYS from December 2 - December 16

Morning Session: 10am - 11:45am

Participants choose a specific class time

but will receive Zoom links for both classes times each week.

Participants can swap from their chosen time if necessary

but may only attend one class per week.

What:

Players receive a pre-class Lecture PDF

with explanations and examples.

Players also receive a pre-class Video

to reinforce concepts from class.

Materials are sent on Monday each week.

On Class Day, players will join Alan

for approximately 45 minutes in Zoom for a Lecture

Then players will join Alan in Shark Bridge

for online practice of the lesson concepts.

There is no makeup for the practice portion of the class.

However, players will have the video and PDF, allowing them to keep up with the group before the next class meeting.

Price:

$54 for all 3 weeks

Players may enroll in the entire series at once,

choose specific dates at once, or

pay for each class on an individual basis

Single session classes - $18

Questions?

alan@essexbridgecenter.com

Fall 2022 1NT Forcing Online Lessons With Alan Powell

​

When:

THURSDAYS from December 1 - December 15

Evening Session: 7pm - 8:45pm

​

OR

FRIDAYS from December 2 - December 16

Morning Session: 10am - 11:45am

​

Participants choose a specific class time

but will receive Zoom links for both classes times each week.

Participants can swap from their chosen time if necessary

but may only attend one class per week.

​

​

What:

Players receive a pre-class Lecture PDF

with explanations and examples.

​

Players also receive a pre-class Video

to reinforce concepts from class.

​

Materials are sent on Monday each week.

​

On Class Day, players will join Alan

for approximately 45 minutes in Zoom for a Lecture

Then players will join Alan in Shark Bridge

for online practice of the lesson concepts.

​

There is no makeup for the practice portion of the class.

However, players will have the video and PDF, allowing them to keep up with the group before the next class meeting.

​

​

​

Price:

$54 for all 3 weeks

Players may enroll in the entire series at once,

choose specific dates at once, or

pay for each class on an individual basis

​

​

Single session classes - $18

​

​

Questions?

alan@essexbridgecenter.com

​

Fall 2022
1NT Forcing
Online Lessons
With Alan Powell