36 interactive lessons & 49 practice games.
Bridge bidding and defensive play techniques, such as overcalls, doubles, signals, and opening leads, are essential for improving defensive strategies and results at the table. These techniques help defenders communicate effectively, disrupt opponents’ contracts, and maximize their chances of defeating the declarer.
Bidding & Card Play Techniques on Defense:
– Overcalling With Stronger Hands
– Jump Overcalls Show Weakness
– Intermediate Strength Jump Overcalls
– Responding to Partners Overcall
– Overcalling 1NT
– The Law of Total tricks
– Overcalling Long Suits
– Takeout Doubles
– Penalty doubles
– Reopening Takeout Doubles
– Responding to Partners Takeout Double
– Balancing Doubles
– Responding to a Balancing Double
– Support Doubles
– Negative Doubles
– Suit Preference Signals
– Attitude signals
– Opening Leads – Overview
– Opening Leads Against No Trumps
– Opening Leads Against a Suit
– Choosing the Suit for The Opening Lead
– Choosing a Card for The Opening Lead
– The Rule of Eleven – Analysing The Opening Lead
– On Defense Leading to a New Trick
– Counting Cards as you Play
– Strategies to Help With Counting
– Lavinthal Discards
– Roman Discard Signals
Our interactive lessons make learning these complex defensive techniques approachable by breaking them into clear, practical concepts and demonstrating their use in real scenarios. Quizzes reinforce understanding by testing knowledge and providing instant feedback, help you to internalize key principles. Practice hands allow you to apply these techniques repeatedly in realistic situations, building confidence, coordination with partners, and adaptability.
This combination of targeted instruction, practice, and feedback accelerates mastery of defensive bidding and play, significantly improving outcomes and elevating defensive performance in Bridge games.
