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A N E W S L E T T E R F O R TEACHERSTHE BRIDGE TEACHERTo: All Bridge TeachersThe Atlanta NABC was great fun. You can catch up on theteacher news from the NABC in this issue. Here are someitems of interest. Preserving Our HistorySummer Edition August 2005lookWhat’sInside The Business of Bridge . 2Teacher’s Bookshelf . 3ABTA Atlanta Diary .4–5Star Teachers. 6Robert PrevoirErma ThompsonJanet HarrisonCatherine Lindholm99-second BridgeTeacher . 7ABTA Convention Gems. 8ACBL has undertaken an exciting new project. We areworking with a professional archivist, Greg Howell, topreserve ACBL’s history and the history of the game.ACBL has collected many treasures over the years andwe are eager to make certain they will be available for future generations to enjoy.More about this in upcoming issues of the Bridge Bulletin. Calling All JuniorsThe ACBL’s new Junior web site www.bridgeiscool.com goes on the Internet thismonth. ACBL has hired Simpson Communications to help create more interest inbridge among the younger generation. The web site will aim at building a bridgecommunity among them. The web site is only part of the effort. The SimpsonCompany will be building alliances with 14 national organizations, including theYMCA and the Girl Scouts, to get them to help introduce bridge to young people.Take a look at the web site this month and help us spread the word to students,children and grandchildren. Online Lesson PlansThere are four sets of lesson plans available for free download at ACBL’s teacherweb site. The Kitty Cooper lesson plans are geared toward teaching middleschool students, there is a set of lesson plans for Pre-K to 1st grade and 2ndthrough 4th grade students written by Donna Compton and a new teachermanual written by Pat Harrington designed to go with the “Modern NotrumpBidding Play” course (see The Bridge Teacher, April 2005). Take advantageof these materials and download a copy to look over. If you need assistance,contact us at Education@acbl.org. ACBL HandbooksIf you are a club manager, club director, unit official, liaison, IN coordinator,tournament chair or in charge of a special unit committee (New Player Services,Mentoring, Volunteers, Caddies), you may be surprised to learn that there aremany handbooks available to help you do your job. Check these links to seewhat’s available, http://www.acbl.org/units/units.html html. Denver Fall NABCAMERICAN CONTRACTBRIDGE LEAGUE2990 Airways Blvd.Memphis TN 38116www.acbl.orgCheck out the Denver web site for information on the education seminars andspecial events scheduled for the tournament. Don’t forget to pre-register if youplan to attend any of the seminars. Join us for the ACBL “Thank You” party forteachers on the first Friday. ACBL Google SearchYou soon will be able to search the ACBL site with our own mini-Google system.Watch for its debut. It’s fantastic.
The Business of BridgeGuidelines for Using aNon-textbook to TeachChoosing a BookI am a great admirer ofEddie Kantar’s defensebooks: He won the ABTABook of the Year awardfor his Basic Defense book. I decided to use thatbook to teach one of my courses, although it is notintended as an “academic” text book.Tip: Read the whole book and make sure youbasically agree with its premises before choosingit as the basis for your course. You don’t want tospend the course saying, “yes, but ,” which isconfusing to your students.This book has seven chapters, so I planned on a14-week class. It has turned out that Chapter Four,Signaling in Suit Contracts, took three weeks tocover. But Chapter Five, Notrump Signaling, wasmuch more straightforward, so we got back onschedule by spending only one week on it.Tip: Don’t be too rigid about your time. Even if youend up giving an extra class for the money, youshouldn’t move on if the majority of the studentsaren’t ready.by Lynn BergPlayers who can’t or don’t want to take the class willwant to buy the book anyway.HandsOne of the nightmares of teaching with a nonacademic book is that you may have trouble findingor constructing pertinent hands. Kantar actuallyprovides four practice hands at the end of eachchapter in Basic Defense, as well as full dealssprinkled throughout his text.Tip: I went online and downloaded 70 deals fromKantar’s web site. I use these for in-class practiceand hand out copies to everyone. Of course, Kantargets full credit for these deals, too.PricingThis course was intended for intermediate-levelplayers, those who know most of the basics andare trying to improve their games. Summer is ourdown time in Florida, and I worried that there wouldbe enough players to make the class viable. Whenseveral prospective class members were concernedthat they wouldn’t be in town for all of the lessons,I decided to offer a by-the-class price which wassomewhat higher than the amount paid by thosewho would pay in advance for the whole series. Iactually charged 120 for 14 lessons, or 10 perlesson — enough difference to encourage players tosign up in advance.Tip: Don’t include the price of the book; then youwon’t have to adjust the price for those who alreadyhave it. I bought the books in quantity and onlymarked them up a little: they were still below listprice, so the students were happy and so was I. It’smy custom to always allow inexpensive repeats ofany class. Students can repeat the class for only 5per session if they paid full price the first time.Tip: Order more books than you think you’ll need.Planning Class ActivitiesPlanning to use “cards on the table,” I set up theexamples I wanted the class to consider. The dealsare selected from the textbook. Don’t forget, manystudents will not even glance at the material beforeclass. If they know that the examples are in thebook, they won’t waste time trying to write down thematerials as they go. Next I try to create a dialoguewith numerous participants commenting andanswering my questions about the examples.Tip: Set up the room before the students arrive.I use duplicate tablecards and boards. If you getyour students in the habit of sorting cards intosuits as soon as they sit down at the table, youwon’t have to wait to call out the first example. Ivary things a bit by putting some examples on thewhiteboard — usually in response to questions forwhich I don’t have examples set up in advance.Tip: Make South declarer on every hand and thenrotate the tablecards after each hand.This format should allow everyone to be declarerat least one time during the class session. Ideally,each person should help with setting up the deals,discussing the hands and quiz questions andplaying and defending in each session.Setting Up and Summing UpRemember the “Mickey Mouse” approach towriting an essay? Say what you plan to say, say it,and then say what you said That’s not a bad ideafor classes.2 continued on page 7
THE BRIDGE TEACHER’S BOOKSHELFby Pat HarringtonEach year ABTA selects a bridge book that hasmerit to teachers, bridge students, or playerswishing to improve their game. This year’s winnerwas Declarer Play the Bergen Way by the prolificauthor and many-time national champion MartyBergen. Bridge teachers will find more than 35complete deals to add to their arsenal of lessonhands. Each deal is discussed in Marty’s readableand easy-to-understand style with topics includingcounting, finessing (and not), holding up, drawingtrumps (and not), timing, endplays, setting up longsuits and the squeeze. Most of our students needwork on declarer play, so I suggest you add thiswinner to your bookshelf. The book retails for 18.95and is available at the ACBL Product Store with a10% discount.Placing second in the Book of the Year racewas the ACBL’s new Modern Notrump BiddingPlay Course (created by yours truly). The newlycompleted teacher manual can be yours for free bygoing to www.acbl.org, clicking on teachers, andthen clicking teaching materials to download themanual. In addition to complete lesson plans to useas a companion to the Modern Notrump BiddingPlay Course booklet, you will find three additionallesson plans complete with eight hands each andhandouts that you can copy for your students. Alllessons deal with notrump bidding, Stayman andJacoby transfers. The Play Course booklets foryour students can be ordered from the ACBLProduct Store.Taking third place in the award competition wasAudrey Grant’s Bridge Basics 2 – CompetitiveBidding. Meant as a follow-up to her Bridge Basics1, this is another great source of hands – 32 dealscovering preempts, overcalls, doubles and even thenegative double. But don’t let the fact that this isthe second book in a lesson series that starts withbeginners stop you from using the material for yourmore advanced students – they are sure to learnsomething. If you find yourself teaching a mixed levelgroup, this material has something for everyone, asAudrey so aptly demonstrated during her talk at theABTA Convention. Published by Baron Barclay, thetextbook retails at 11.95 but is available at the 10%member discount from the ACBL Product Store.Teachers using the text in classes can download theteacher manual for free at www.betterbridge.com.The 2005 ABTA SoftwareAward went to LarryCohen’s My Favorite 52,which was ranked A in arecent ACBL Bridge Bulletinreview. Not only does Larryoffer interactive discussionon the bidding, play anddefense on these deals, heoffers many other tidbitsthat you might put to use inyour classes.One of my favorite tips was a comment made ona deal where controls were bid on the way to slam.Larry mentioned that Jeff Rubens in the BridgeWorld magazine suggests the use of the term controlbid for such bids, leaving the term cuebid for bidslike Michaels. I think this terminology might lessenconfusion on my students’ part. Most think thata person who cuebids at any time must have theace or strength in that suit. This makes it difficult todiscuss advancer’s cuebids, Michaels or the use ofa cuebid as Stayman in competition. Differentiatingbetween control bids for slam and cuebids in otherauctions may make life easier for our improvingstudents.The auction on one deal begins:WestNorthEastPassPass1 2 1 All PassSouth1 2 Does 2 ask for a heart stopper? Larry says,“Maybe, maybe not. Bidding the opponents’ suiton the two- or three-level should be thought of asforcing. Think of it as a good hand. If you have theopponents’ suit stopped and want to bid notrump,do so. If you don’t have their suit stopped, then don’tbid notrump.”Hours of great bridge advice from Larry Cohenare a real bargain at only 20. Great for intermediateplayers, it is also great for teachers to see Larry’sgentle, humorous teaching style in action. Order yourCD from the ACBL Product Store. A demo versioncan be downloaded from www.larryco.com, but don’tlet the highly distributional sample deals mislead youinto expecting an entire set of wildly distributionalhands.3
ABTA AtlaHarriet SmithSandy StevensBrenda SimpsonOverview (Comments in italics are by Julie.)Once again the American Bridge TeachersConvention (held annually prior to the SummerNABCs) was a highlight of my summer.The convention is always rich in experiences:seeing old friends, meeting new ones, thinkingseriously about teaching bridge and learning howvarious teachers spice up their lessons. I love thebanquet: dressing up, welcoming the new masterteachers, hearing the panel and finding out who wonthe Apple Basket award and the book/software of theyear awards. And don’t forget the outings. Going on atour or out to dinner with a group of your friends whohave gathered from all over the country (and even theworld) is a treat. Let’s get started.Tuesday, July 19This was a busy morning for the ABTA MembershipCredentials Committee. Master Teacher interviewswere held for applicants who have been ABTAmembers for at least three years and have at least100 hours of professional teaching experience. Thefinal step is the personal verbal test/interview. (Seephoto of the five new ABTA Master Teachers.)The Seminar segment of the convention runs thisafternoon through noon tomorrow. Members givingpresentations today included Bruce Greenspan,Dennis Scott, Pat Harrington, Leslie Shafer, DonnaBowser and Dennis Dawson. Dennis Scott’spresentation was a lot of fun and gave many inattendance an unexpected chance to participate.(See the “99-second Bridge Teacher” on page 7.)Of course, true bridge players that we are, everyoneenjoyed playing hands under the guidance of DennisDawson. As an added bonus, we have some newlesson deals.Sandra Enciu,Leslie Shafer,Kris Motoyoshi,DeborahMurphy, PatHarrington andJudi Shulman atPitty Pats Porch.At the conclusion of the program, it was off to PittyPat’s Porch. Carole Budnick was our Atlanta hostessand she started us off with a fun dinner in downtownAtlanta. Pitty Pat’s Porch is a wonderful restaurantthat is filled with memorabilia from “Gone With theWind” and serves delicious Southern-style food. Wehad a great time.Wednesday, July 20The Seminar program concluded with A Morningwith Jerry Helms. Expert player, expert teacher,sexy voice (oops), more lesson deals for us to usein our classes complete with Jerryisms and endingwith an “Ask Jerry” session. I loved the morningbut left knowing that I have a lot of room to improve– especially after Jerry criticized the guidecards I sogenerously lent for use during his session. And hewas right. Do your students constantly remove theguidecard from the table? Mine do it all the time.Jerry suggests using very small laminated tablecards. Since they don’t intrude on table space, thestudents are more likely to leave them where youwant them.The main convention started this afternoon. Inthe old days, only a few teachers attended theseminar. Lately, the seminar has become verypopular and most teachers come early and attendboth the seminar and convention. This year only 10teachers came just for the convention. At our annualbusiness meeting new officers were elected. DennisScott will be our next president backed up by KrisMotoyoshi and Joyce Penn as first and secondVPs. Current President Leslie Shafer rounded uplots of door prizes. At least half the people wonsomething — not me, as usual. I didn’t come homeempty-handed though. There were lots of gifts forour conventioneers. Baron Barclay donated copiesof Audrey’s Better Bridge Magazine, Audrey gaveeveryone a copy of her Bridge Basics 2 book, RayLee of Masterpoint Press donated many door prizesand gave everyone the newly published PocketGuide to 2/1. Jim Miller of ACBL gave us all lovelyACBL keychains. E-bridge donated clocks to all,Bridge Baron provided everyone a copy of its newBridge Butler, Leslie Shafer gave us all a year’s worthof her Bridge Students ’R Us newsletter and the4
anta Diaryby Pat Harrington and Julie GreenbergMaggie Sparrow Jerry HelmsACBL gave every teacher a hard copy of the ModernNotrump Bidding Play Course teacher manual (whichI wrote for the ACBL and which is available for freedownload at the ACBL teacher web site).After our afternoon speakers concluded, hostessCarole Budnick shuttled us all off for a fantastic bustour. We started by going down Peachtree (of course)and stopped at the Botanic Gardens. The groundswere so spectacular, we really didn’t have the heart tocomplain about the summer heat. The orchid gardensand the special summer exhibit of miniature trainsthat ran up, over, around and through a miniaturecity of Atlanta were amazing. The grandmother in mereally hated not being able to show this mechanicalwonderland to my fabulous four (Branch, Sutton,Satchel and Jiro).The trip was an overwhelming success for mewhen I found, much to mysurprise, two magnificentglass sculptures by DaleChihuly. I am a serious fan.I didn’t know what beautywas until I stood under thePersian Ceiling in the OKCMuseum of Art permanentexhibit. The two Atlantapieces had been purchasedby the gardens following lastsummer’s Chihuly exhibit.See www.chihuly.com forthe whole Atlanta exhibit andmore.After the gardens, a tripSandra Enciu andto Mary Mac’s family-stylethe Chihuly glassrestaurant was a Southernsculpture in thetreat. Mary Mac’s openedGardensright after the Civil War andis still an Atlanta tradition. Everyone raved about thefried chicken. It was amazing.Fortunately for us, the rest of the tour didn’t requireus to do anything but sit back (properly stuffed tothe gills) and listen to our very knowledgeable andentertaining guide. It was very interesting – MartinLuther King’s Atlanta, parks etc. built for the 1996Olympics, the ever-growing skyline, MargaretMitchell’s house where she wrote Gone With thePat HarringtonWind and the answer to the mystery of why youcan’t get a Pepsi in Atlanta – it’s the home of Coke!Thursday, July 21The last day already! Today’s speakers includedsome top names in bridge – Larry Cohen, FrankStewart, Shawn Quinn, Fred Gitelman, Audrey Grantand Julie Greenberg. There was much to absorband to enjoy.This evening, we all dressed up for our banquet.The book and software awards were presented (seereview in this issue), new Master Teachers honored,and Lynne Beisswenger was announced as winnerof the annual Apple Basket Award for the bestteaching tip. The evening ending with a humorousand informative session with our panel of experts:David and Lisa Berkowitz, Alan LeBendig, JerryHelms and David Lindop. It was a great night.Many teachers went on to compete in thetournament. Some headed back home to work.Those who stayed enjoyed the ACBL’s NABC“Thank You” party for teachers and club officials onFriday, and quite a few teachers took advantage ofthe opportunity to take the “Bridge Teachers andBridge Cruises” course that night.Plan now to join us next summer in Chicago. TheABTA Convention starts on July 11, 2006 (more onthis in our spring issue). This annual gathering isreally the ultimate experience for a bridge teacher.P.S. If you are interested in joining ABTA, contactPat at abta@earthlink.net.Left to right: New ABTA Master Teachers are Joyce Penn(OH), Deborah Murphy (CA), Judy McDonald (NV), MarilynKalbfleisch (ON), Michelle Golden (FL), Chair MasterTeachers Examination Committee, Ed Gentino (CT)5
STAR TEACHERSROBERT PREVOIR (Randolph MA) — discovered bridge one day long ago at the YMCAand became an avid player. During Bob’s career in banking as an operations manager inthe real estate group, he used the basics he learned in bridge to help operate the center(i.e., structure and discipline). Married with two children, Bob’s wife understood hispassion for bridge and, during the 1970s and 1980s, she ran a game at his bank. WhenBob retired early in 1997, he wanted to give back to the game and became an ACBLAccredited Teacher. He’s been giving lessons ever since. Bob has said frequently thathe never knew there were so many people that wanted to learn to play or refresh theirknowledge of the game.TIP: Structure and discipline are the foundations of the game. If you and your partner communicate and agreeon a system and on the conventions you want to play, your partnership will do well.ERMA M. THOMPSON (Warren IL) — was raised on a farm. When she graduated fromhigh school she passed the U.S. Civil Service test and worked for the U.S. governmentin Chicago IL. Erma married and raised six children, two girls and four boys. While raisingher family, she started to play contract bridge and soon discovered duplicate.Erma became an ACBL Accredited Teacher in 1987 and is a two-star teacher. She hastaught more than 300 students in communities all around her home. Erma has also taughtseventh and eighth grade students as part of the School Bridge Lesson Series program.She is Better Bridge Accredited, a member of the ABTA (American Bridge TeachersAssociation) and an ACBL certified club director. Erma currently serves as a Rockfordbridge club mentor and teaches at the Galena Territories.TIP: Erma advises teachers to “be prepared” and “know your lesson!”JANET HARRISON-SMITH (Concord CA) — started playing bridge when she was incollege at UC Berkeley. After college she became a school teacher and started playingduplicate with the parents of one of her students and the vice-principal.She and her husband, Don Harrison, started a bridge club later in her bridge career.They both directed the games and Janet taught for 40-odd years. She is a four-star ACBLAccredited teacher and, at the time of his death, Don was a two-star teacher.The Harrisons also started a bridge club at Rossmoor, a local retirement community,and Janet has taught classes there ever since. After Don’s death, she continued herteaching career and her bridge club with help from other teachers and directors.TIP: We have always had a place for “Rookies” to play after they finish lessons. At the club we had “Rookie”games where students were free to ask questions. At Rossmoor we have Rookie duplicate and supervisedrubber bridge play. Instructors are available at both of these games.CATHERINE LINDHOLM (Indianapolis IN) — Graduated from Northwestern Universitywith a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in music. She taught high school vocal music untilretirement and started playing bridge in the 60s.Cathy took time off to raise two children and returned to bridge in 1987. That’s when shebecame the manager of the Indianapolis Bridge Center, a very successful bridge club.Cathy is a two-star ACBL Accredited Teacher and Easybridge! Presenter and BetterBridge accredited. She has become a tournament assistant, a certified club director andhas taught the School Bridge Lesson Series in schools in Indianapolis.TIP: I have mainly just two words of wisdom for my students. 1. Make a plan whetherplaying the hand or defending. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. And 2. PAY ATTENTION.6
The 99-secondBridge TeacherThe Business of Bridgecontinued from page 2At the ABTA Convention this year, I wasparticularly impressed with an exerciseintroduced by Dennis Scott. Heinvited teachers to “wakeup their students.” Heproposed teaching a topicin a very short period oftime (99 seconds) andmaking just one point thatthe students would retain.Dennis put several topicson the board (e.g., opening 2 ,upside down signals, reverses, ethics)and asked for volunteers. It was really fun to watcheach teacher discover either how long 99 secondswas or how short it was or how hard it is to focuson just one special point. This whirlwind of activitywas exciting and challenging. Prizes were awardedby popular vote with an automatic prize for anyonechoosing reverses (won by Bruce Greenspan). FirstPlace went to Amy Nellissen for her presentation onopening 2 . “If you can make game opposite a kingin partner’s hand, open 2 .”Most of the teachers did a great job. The one pointthat struck home with me, however, came fromJudi Shulman who taught “Third Hand High – Door Die.” This was, she said, for her students whothink of defense as a spectator sport. Judy teachesthird hand to watch partner’s opening lead and toremember that they are working as a team.You can try this exercise at home. Pick a topic, geta timer and see how successful you are in focusingon the winning point.From left: Julie Greenberg, Janie Hodge, SandyStevens, Pat Harrington, Cyndy Craddick, Amy Nellissenand Jean Walter at the Botanic Gardens in Atlanta.7 Tip: Move from the known to the unknown.For instance, the high-low signal to show adoubleton is the one action all of your studentsprobably already know. So I started there. In eachclass, I began with a hands-on example whichI hoped they would find easy and familiar. Theclass was comfortable talking about this “softball”situation, so they were confident and relaxed aswe went on to less familiar situations.Tip: Tell a joke at some point if you possibly can.Steal from Easybridge!, Reader’s Digest, Internetjokes — whatever source you might have. If youdon’t tell jokes easily, get students to instead. Ajoke is a good way to end the first segment of atwo-part class.Tip: Take a break. It’s good for you and for thestudents.At the end of the class, give verbal cues that youare finishing. Sum up. Finish with a quiz so theyknow the last question is also the end of class.Thank them for coming and forecast the nextclass. Bridge classes don’t lend themselves tocliffhangers, but you can offer a teaser to enticestudents back.Tip: Surely, you started class on time. Finish ontime, too.Getting Them BackYour class is a captive audience for advertisingupcoming classes. I’ve started offering two- orthree-hour, single-session workshops on verylimited topics, always on another day from theclass. If the students like your on-going class,they’re likely to attend the workshops, too.Tip: Know the minimum number required for youto schedule a class.When someone asks you why you haven’t offereda class on — whatever — you can reply, “Getme eight (or 12 or 20) and we’ll get started.” Youshould be open to the idea of a class that youdidn’t think of yourself. When I announced thisdefense class, someone asked for a class on“Two over One.” I responded that “Two over One”would be a workshop topic and not a series. Isuggested that they get me at least 12 studentsand I’d do it. She got me 32. All I had to do wasshow up.
ABTA CONVENTION GEMS – ATLANTA 2005Pat Harrington — Teaches CRAP (not the PLAN) inher Play and Learn classes:C Count your losersR Review the opening leadA Analyze the alternativesP Put it all togetherDennis Scott — Gave us a great quote: “Teachingis the fine art of imparting knowledge withoutpossessing it.”Donna Bowser — Told us to give our lectures catchytitles, such as “Four-Letter Words Your MotherWouldn’t Teach You.”Leslie Shafer — Showed us how she and husbandCharlie use tag team teaching. One of them is thestraight guy and the other is the fall guy. Lesliealso reminded us of one of Edith McMullin’sfavorite sayings, “You can’t win with more than twoopponents at the table.”Jerry Helms — Encouraged us to use lesson handsthat only have one point. He also gave us someJerryisms. I like “a good bid is one that resemblesthe cards you hold.”Carole Budnick — Described the six components ofa successful bridge business:1. How You Make the Students Feel — put apositive spin on everything.2. Variety in Types of Courses and When TheyAre Offered — try to meet as many needs aspossible.3. Strong Organizational Skills — be a stickler fortime: start and stop on time; stay on topic.4. Incentives — reward students who givereferrals.5. Environment — teaching site needs to bepleasant and comfortable.6. Be Flexible — meet student needs.Editor’s Note: My apologies to the speakers I didn’t get to hear. My time was split between the conventionand the ACBL Board of Directors meetings.AMERICAN CONTRACT BRIDGE LEAGUE2990 Airways Blvd. Memphis, TN 38116–3847EDITORJulie T. GreenbergPRODUCTIONLeona AllisonCONTRIBUTORSLynn Berg Pat Harrington Julie GreenbergU.S. POSTAGEPAIDMEMPHIS, TNPermit No. 854PRSRT STD
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