Teaching materials - Improvers

Improver lessons

Please note: these documents have been prepared as carefully as possible, but we may have missed something.  Please do not hesitate to contact the NZB Secretary, if you find anything we should amend. Good luck with your lessons. And if you have questions and have registered on this site, don't hesitate to ask at our Teaching forum.

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NB: Always use the files from the website and not ones you have saved on your own PCs, as we constantly improve the hands and notes

Topic Student
Notes
Quiz Answers Hands Dealer
Files
Teachers
Guide
Power
points
BBO Files
(LIN)
 Stayman
Lesson 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 1
 Blackwood
Lesson 2 Lesson 2 Lesson 2 Lesson 2 Lesson 2 Lesson 2 Lesson 2 Lesson 2
 Play Techniques
Lesson 3 Lesson 3 Lesson 3 Lesson 3 Lesson 3 Lesson 3 Lesson 3 Lesson 3
 Notrump Play
Lesson 4 Lesson 4 Lesson 4 Lesson 4 Lesson 4 Lesson 4 Lesson 4 Lesson 4
 Declarer Play in Suit Contracts
Lesson 5 Lesson 5 Lesson 5 Lesson 5 Lesson 5 Lesson 5 Lesson 5 Lesson 5
 Opening Leads
Lesson 6 Lesson 6 Lesson 6 Lesson 6 Lesson 6 Lesson 6 Lesson 6 Lesson 6
 Signals and Discards
Lesson 7 Lesson 7 Lesson 7 Lesson 7 Lesson 7 Lesson 7 Lesson 7 Lesson 7
 Defensive 2nd and 3rd Hand Play
Lesson 8 Lesson 8 Lesson 8 Lesson 8 Lesson 8 Lesson 8 Lesson 8 Lesson 8
 Minimum Invite Game Force Bids
Lesson 9 Lesson 9 Lesson 9 Lesson 9 Lesson 9 Lesson 9 Lesson 9 Lesson 9
 Types of Doubles
Lesson 10 Lesson 10 Lesson 10 Lesson 10 Lesson 10 Lesson 10 Lesson 10 Lesson 10

 NB: These lessons can be taught in any order you choose. They are designed for those who have attended the Beginner lessons in the last couple of years. And if you have questions and have registered on this site, don't hesitate to ask at our Teaching forum.

Updates/Improvements
17 May 2021 - small clarification in Lesson 8 Student Notes
03 March 2021 - small hand change Bd 8
17 Aug 2020 - Quiz 4 hand correction Q2 and Q5
02 Oct 2020 - Lesson 9 Presentation error fixed

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