jillybean, on 2023-December-16, 11:14, said:
I made a comment a while back that I was going to focus more on the play of the hand than the bidding . . .
I keep telling myself that too.
Just wondering, what strategies have you been using to focus on the play of the hand? I guess some obvious ones are working through bridge books, e.g., Root's How to Play a Bridge Hand, and more specific work on counting and card combinations, and using Bridge Master.
I played bridge only sporadically during COVID and gave up playing altogether about 6 or 7 months ago. At this point, it's kind of a one-person hobby, like doing crossword puzzles. I'm thinking again about going back to the basics using the tools mentioned above. Any other thoughts? Is there any point in doing this in a vacuum or should I wait until I feel like playing again?
(Obviously, for defensive card play, we need to work with a partner. I'm not aware of any good tools for that, other than working out good carding agreements and doing postmortems.)