In this featured lesson I talk all about inferences you can make about where the cards are based on how declarer is playing the hand. Are they drawing trumps first or later? What technique are they using to dispose of losers? Are they attacking their best suit?

As we spend half our time defending it is important to improve this section of your game and the first thing you can do is improve your understanding of leads and what they mean.  

In this featured lesson I try and introduce a new skill about using inferences from the leads to work out the location of missing cards.

In this featured lesson I discuss some ideas on what you should be thinking about when making your discards.

In this featured lesson I discuss the tricky to understand topic of restricted choice. Hopefully I made some sense of it.

In this featured lesson I discuss the tricky topic of finding the right lead.  No one can ever be perfect with leads but here I explain my thoughts on how to improve your leads.

In this featured lesson I discuss the difficult topic of entries as no one likes being stuck in the wrong hand with winners in the other.  I give some tips on thinking about handling your entries and making more entries

In this featured lesson I cover the often misunderstood topic of finesses. Everyone thinks they know how to finesse, but there is more than the simple finesse and I go into some detail of types of finesses and things we should be thinking about when we try to take a finesse.

This featured lesson covers some things you should focus on while defending.  Improving your thought process in defence is of vital importance.