This page is to support beginners and clubs giving beginner lessons. Thanks to Bridge Victoria, NZ Bridge, the Scottish Bridge Union, Rakesh Kumar and Derrick Browne for their content and input.
Contact education@bridgensw.com.au for further support.
Follow this lesson guides…
High Level Teacher’s Guide to Beginner/Improver material
Detailed Teacher’s Guide to Beginner Material
The aim is to spark enthusiasm to continue learning rather than trying to cover everything (Courtesy of NZ Bridge)
For more resouces, including Teaching Principles and Tips, go to Teacher resources
| Contents | Student Notes | Handouts | Teacher Notes | Hands | Slides | Deal File (pbn) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Trick Taking | Notes | |||||
| 1. Introduction to Bridge | L1 | H1 | T1 | A1 | P1 | D1 |
| 2. Declarer Play in NT | L2 | H2 | T2 | A2 | P2 | D2 |
| 3. Declarer Play in Suits | L3 | H3 | T3 | A3 | P3 | D3 |
| 4. 1-Level Opening Bids | L4 | H4 | T4 | A4 | P4 | D4 |
| 5. Responder’s Limit Bids | L5 | H5 | T5 | A5 | P5 | D5 |
| 6. Responder’s New Suit Bids | L6 | H6 | T6 | A6 | P6 | D6 |
| 7. Bidding Balanced Hands | L7 | H7 | T7 | A7 | P7 | D7 |
| 8. Overcalls and Doubles | L8 | H8 | T8 | A8 | P8 | D8 |
| BOOKLET (Lessons 1 to 8) | Booklet | |||||
| Rules of MiniBridge | Rules | |||||
| Lesson Summary (1 to 8) | Summary | |||||
| What's Next | Notes |
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Ready for some practice?
Practise the hands you used in the lessons above. Here, you are always South and Declarer. Bridge-Training Instruction Sheet.
Courtesy of Bridge-Training.com.
| Contents | Hand 1 | Hand 2 | Hand 3 | Hand 4 | Hand 5 | Hand 6 | Hand 7 | Hand 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Declarer play in No Trumps | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 | H7 | H8 |
| Declarer play in suits | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 | H7 | H8 |
| 1-Level opening bids | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 | H7 | H8 |
| Responder’s limit bids | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 | H7 | H8 |
| Responder’s new suit bids | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 | H7 | H8 |
| Bidding balanced hands | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 | H7 | H9 |
| Overcalls & Doubles | H1 | H2 | H4 | H4 | H5 | H6 | H7 | H8 |
Dive into specific topics (mini lessons)
Available to teachers if they want to teach lessons in a different order. Also can be used as a mini lesson before a club session.
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