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WELCOME TO THE AMERICAN BRIDGE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
LINKS FOR BRIDGE TEACHERS
The ABTA has created this page as an
aid to all bridge teachers, whether or not they are members of our
association. If you are not a member, we invite you to explore our website.
For a sample copy of
the Quarterly publication received by all ABTA members click here.
Explore our website
here.
To join ABTA click here
or click here to immediately print and complete our form.
If you want to suggest
an addition or find a link that is not working properly, please contact our
LINK CHAIRMAN
Ollie Burno.
TEACHER MANUALS - Free Downloads
of the ACBL Complete Lesson Plans
The New Modern NT
Bidding Teacher Manual accompanies the new ACBL “Play” course of the same
name. Topics include Stayman, Jacoby transfers, minors and slams.
The Major Suit Raises I
Play Course covers raising partner’s major with hands of all strengths and
includes limit raises and the Jacoby 2NT, help-suit game tries and the
weak-freak
Major Suit Raises II
Play Course topics include Review of Major Raise I, Splinter Bids, 1NT
Forcing, Passed Hand Bidding, Bergen Raise and Introduction to 2/1 Game
Forcing.
Five mini lessons from
Easybridge! Program Director Marti Ronemus.
BRIDGE FOR YOUTH
Donna Compton has arranged material
designed to
introduce bridge to the target group of ages 4-7.
Donna also has created a manual for teaching bridge to a target group of
children aged 8-10.
The School Bridge
Lesson Series Teacher Manual for ages 11-13 (and adaptable for other age
groups) developed by world champion Kitty Cooper.
PLAY MINI BRIDGE
Mini Bridge is bridge without the
bidding. It’s a great way for your students to practice their play. A free
Mini Bridge program is available from Blue Chip Bridge in the United
Kingdom, where Mini Bridge has been popularized in the school system.
DESCRIPTIONS OF CONVENTIONS
Conventional Wisdom -
a series of articles on completing the convention card
published in The Bridge Bulletin.
Bridge Tool kit -
common conventions as discussed in
a series of articles from The Bridge Bulletin.
Audrey Grant's Better
Bridge website has useful information for teachers. Of particular interest
are two series of articles by David Lindop.
WHAT'S
STANDARD? This article discusses what is meant by "standard" in reference
to modern bidding methods following the approach in Audrey Grant's new
series on bridge basics, Bridge Basics I and Bridge Basics II. There are
currently 22 articles covering topics that range from Opening the Bidding
all the way to Slam Bidding and Fourth Suit Forcing. (presented in
complimentary PDF form for teachers and students everywhere.)
FILLING
OUT THE CONVENTION CARD - When you and your partner sit down to play in a
club or tournament game, you're expected to fill out a convention card
listing all the bidding and defensive carding agreements of the partnership.
In this article, Lindop walks you through this process. (in complimentary
PDF form for teachers and students everywhere.)
CONVENTION CARDS
Blank Convention Card
Blank "Fat Free" card
Blank SAYC card
(Standard American Yellow Card)
ARTICLES AND INFORMATION
The
Fifth Chair Foundation is an
international non-profit organization dedicated to fostering
bridge education
on the internet and attracting new bridge players. Check out their
Bridge
School articles and interactive quizzes as well as more advanced articles in
the Archives section.
Get expert advice from
Jerry Helms on a variety of topics from the popular "Ask Jerry"
columns appearing in The Bridge Bulletin and Play Bridge
magazines.
Explore expert writer
and teacher Phillip Alder's website. Be sure to click on the
Bridge
Columns icon where teachers will find two years' worth of Alder's newspaper
columns - bridge
columns that are geared toward the average player, not the expert.
You're sure to find some
great lesson deals to add to your collection.
Eddie Kantar
offers a large selection of articles, bridge problems, quizzes, lesson deals
and tips for on this website.
Kitty
Cooper covers Mini Bridge
materials, school program lesson plans and materials. As well there are
some hands for the bridge player.
Karen
Walker has an excellent site for
students of varying abilities. Peruse topics, which cover the different
areas of student needs. Teachers will also appreciate the inclusion of her
articles posted in The Bridge Bulletin.
A host of bridge
articles by Larry Cohen. Look for newsletter archives and bid'em
ups.
An interactive website
with daily hands for various levels of bridge players.
Mike Lawrence
and Ann Lund share their bridge expertise.
Bridge in India website provides links to various bridge columnists
worldwide
as well as other bridge links.
Ray and Linda
Lee’s new website has some teacher resources, articles on teaching bridge, a
teacher forum and links to other bridge sites.
The ACBL
website provides a great deal of information for bridge teachers including:
accredited teacher newsletters, talks from celebrity speakers at
tournaments, a Handbook for
Bridge Teachers, and information on continuing
education and accreditation programs.
Also from ACBL download Learn to Play Bridge
- lesson software created by Fred Gitelman.
INFORMATION FOR
CLUB MANAGERS AND TEACHERS
ACBL Club Manager’s page
ACBL Club Director’s Page (includes
information on how to become a director)
Duplicate
Decisions – A club director’s
guide for making rulings
Laws of Duplicate Bridge
ACBL Cooperative Advertising Program –
provides information on how you can get reimbursed for certain advertising
costs that meet ACBL criteria
The
ABTA invites you to view Bridge sites by our partners and colleagues
Also, please see our list of
ACBL-approved resources for Bridge Teachers
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