Beginner Bridge Lessons

Why Play Bridge?

Playing bridge is a great exercise for your brain. The gameplay will engage a variety of skills from both sides of the brain, including mathematics, communication, logic, memory, and your familiarity with the other players and their strategies. People of all ages and backgrounds can gain something from bridge, whether it be a love for the game, a new way to socialize, or a way to challenge the mind to keep it sharp throughout life.

Beginner bridge lessons are one of the best ways to start off if you’ve never played before. Here at The Bridge Teachers, we welcome people of all experience levels!

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One on one virtual lessons with Brian

Want personalized lessons, tailored to exactly what you need, taught by a passionate and knowledgeable teacher? Sign up for a private lesson with Brian! Join Brian at a teaching table on Bridge Base Online (BBO). He will bring preset lesson hands with a focus on specific areas of Bridge to maximize improvement.

BBO Tournament Play (1 or 2 hours) with Brian as your partner. The best part of this? Take an additional lesson immediately following the tournament to address specific hands while they are fresh in mind!

Prefer to learn on your own time?

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We offer hundreds of video courses on all things bridge. Want to improve your bidding? Declarer play? Defense? We have just the course for you. Our in-depth courses take you through the logic of how things work so that your understanding of bridge goes far beyond rote memorization. We also take actual hands that come up in play and break them down.

Our focus is on players newer to the game however everyone, even players with more experience, will find courses here to help them improve their bridge and enjoy the game more.

Enjoy two of our beginning lesson videos for a sneak peek of what a TheBridgeTeacher.com lesson is like

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Mechanics | Learn Bridge in Under TWO Minutes!: In this video, you will learn how to play bridge in under TWO minutes! Seriously.

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BIDDING | One of a Major: Breakdown: Our first choice of opening is One of a Major, learn about how to open it and two of the responder’s most basic responses in this video.

On our Youtube page, Samantha asks you to take a peek over her shoulder and decide what you would do in these real-life situations.

Check out our free lesson videos also available on YouTube

One on one virtual lessons with Brian

Want personalized lessons, tailored to exactly what you need, taught by a passionate and knowledgeable teacher? Sign up for a private lesson with Brian! Join Brian at a teaching table on Bridge Base Online (BBO). He will bring preset lesson hands with a focus on specific areas of Bridge to maximize improvement.

BBO Tournament Play (1 or 2 hours) with Brian as your partner. The best part of this? Take an additional lesson immediately following the tournament to address specific hands while they are fresh in mind!