Coaching

Coaching is available to all current members. You don’t have to be a full member, social members are welcome.  At the moment, there are two Coaching Sessions per week. Each one lasts for approximately 90 minutes in Coaching Corner where we meet. If you can’t find a partner, feel free to spectate at the table and access the A/V to join in the discussion and ask questions.

Session 1: Monday 0800 or 0900 GMT* 
Session 2: Monday 2000 or 2100 GMT*

*Check your local time with the GMT clock on the website as the GMT times are seasonal and will always be 9am and 9pm local time in the UK.

The Coaching Corner

All our coaches in the Coaching Corner are current members of Bridge Club Live who volunteer to help others. They are all good players and some are bridge teachers. Our coaches can be identified easily as their alias will be prefixed by a * eg *CoachJim.

Online Coaching or supervised practice is very like it is in your local club. Four people sit down to play and enjoy the game. There is someone available in the room, who will come to your table when you are not sure what to do, when you get into difficulties, are not sure how to select a bid or plan your play. The idea is that you are 'helped' with that problem and then carry on playing unsupervised - until you or someone at your table - next needs some help or advice.

Of course, in your local club you would simply raise your arm and the first available Coach would come to your table. In OUR Supervised Practice Session/s, our coaches will move around the tables and use the A/V to chat and offer advice if needed. If a Coach isn’t at your table when you need help, just send a brief chat message to that Coach; Help please - is enough. 

Selecting boards in the Coaching Corner

The Coaching Corner is the only room in the main club which allows you to play the same board again for practice. One of the players at the table will need to change the board, before all the players press ‘Ready’, otherwise you will play the same board. When the hand is finished, go to ‘Settings>Select Board Number. The board will change and everyone presses ‘Ready’.

If there has been a misbid/misclick or you need to bid the whole hand for practice, one person should click ‘Leave Table’ and the board will be restored.