Group course
Winter Defence Clinic
- Starts
- Monday, 7 December 2026
- Meets
- Every Monday
- Length
- 8 sessions of 2 hours
- Group size
- 8–16 players
- Price
- Free
Eight evenings on the hardest part of the game: finding the right lead, signalling clearly with partner and beating contracts declarer thinks are safe.
What you work on
The session plan
- 1
The opening lead — choosing the suit and the card against suits and notrump
- 2
Attitude, count and suit preference — a signalling system you both trust
- 3
Third hand play — when to play high and when to hold back
- 4
Second hand and ducking — keeping declarer guessing
- 5
Counting declarer's hand — building the picture from the bidding
- 6
Active or passive — when to attack and when to wait
- 7
Trump promotions, uppercuts and the forcing defence
- 8
Live defence session — Peter's chosen deals played and discussed
Places
Free for the whole course
Buying a place in a course is not open on this site yet. Write to Peter through the coaching page and he will tell you whether the group has started and how to join it.
Write to Peter