All Players:

THURSDAY
Basic NT Play of the Hand

Zoom Lessons and

Online Play

with Alan Powell

Any Player wishing to learn or review the very basics
of NT Play of the Hand is welcome to take this series.

The main audience for this series
is the newer player: 6 months or more
of Bridge experience.
This series is a basic introduction and application
of NT Play of the Hand techniques

This is an 4-Week Online Series.
Players may attend all or any of the classes.

When:

THURSDAYS from June 8 - June 29

Morning Session: 10am - 11:45am OR

Evening Session: 7pm - 8:45pm

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 post-class Video

to accompany the Lecture PDF.

Materials are sent on Monday evening 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:

$72 for all 4 weeks

Players may pay for the entire series at once,

specific dates all at once, or

pay for each class on an individual basis.

Single session classes will be $18

Questions?

alan@essexbridgecenter.com

Because this is a Play of the Hand series,

there is no Bidding.

Contracts will be given

during our Shark Practice session

for each hand.

Because this is a Play of the Hand series,

each student will be Declarer

on every hand in Shark.

Students will be placed solo at a table

to apply the concepts against their Robots.

Individual Topics for Each Week

Thursday, June 8

Promotion

Counting Winners, Promoting Winners,

High Card from the Short Side

Thursday, June 15

Length

Creating Winners with Length. Preserving Entries.

Thursday, June 22

Finesse

Learning to Use our Honor Combinations

to Create Extra Tricks.

Thursday, June 29

Combining Promotion, Length and Finesse

Using Multiple Techniques in the Same Suit