10 week beginners course

This course is designed for absolute beginners who may have never played cards before, and for players whose knowledge may be a little precarious. Each lesson is divided into two parts - a lecture of about 45 minutes followed by playing of hands connected to the theory part of the lesson. A comprehensive set of notes is given out.     The following is a resume of the subjects covered in this course: Week   1: The Absolute Basics & Mechanics of the Game, Hand Assessment Week   2: The Opening Bid of One of a Suit Week   3: The Opening Bid of One and Two No Trumps, The Finesse, Scoring Week   4: Responses in the same suit (Limit responses) Week   5: Choice of opening bids, Scoring Week   6: Responses in No- Trumps, Suit establishment, Entries, Ducking Week   7: Unlimited responses, Unblocking play, Holding up Week   8: Responses to the Weak No-Trump (The Weak take-out, the Strong Jump response) Blind leads,                    more on finesses Week   9: Overcalls (Simple and jump overcalls), more Opening leads,  Week 10: Revision, The Double, The Redouble, The Blackwood Convention