 For beginners
Bidding
Rule of 20
Transfers and Stayman
Doubles: Take out double and Takeout and penalty doubles
Overcall with 1NT
Always respond with 6+ points
Pre-emptive: weak 2 and weak 3
Hand evaluation: Bad good hands, Not all points are equal, The power of shape, Assessing your hand
Supporting suits is not forcing
Defending
Never lead away from an ace
Opening leads: Opening leads, Against No Trumps, Against Trump 1 and Part 2
Second player plays low
Third hand plays high
Second and third hand play
Playing
Play techniques, playing in suit contract, playing in NT and Tips for playing in NT
Think before playing at trick one
Finesses: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
Making tricks, Ruffing in dummy, Establishing a long suit, How to set up a crossruff
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For improvers
Bidding
Hand evaluation: The power of the ten, Counting Losers and Losing Trick Count in action
Overcalling: Unassuming cuebid, Unusual 2NT and Michaels cuebid
Preemptive defence: Against a weak two and Against a weak three part 1 and part 2
Doubling: penalty doubles, negative doubles, high level doubles
Bidding for the lead, Sacrificing, 4-4-4-1 hands
Defending
Opening leads: Part 1, Part 2, Continuation and returns, Switches1, Switches 2
Why you use the opening lead of the fourth highest Rule of 11 for declarer and defender
Active or passive defending: part1 and part 2
Covering an honour or not?
Second hand play: Part1 and Part 2
Third player plays high, but the lower of touching cards
Weakness in dummy: part1 and part2
Playing
Ruffing: part 1, part 2 and Ruff in the short hand
Looking for extra tricks
Develop counting skills
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