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Teaching resources - Defence - demonstration hands

2nd hand low & not blocking a suit

2nd hand low

3rd hand high

4th highest and Rule of 11 Hand 1

4th highest and Rule of 11 Hand 2

4th highest and Rule of 11 Hand 3

4th highest and Rule of 11 Hand 4

4th highest and Rule of 11 as declarer

Active defence

Attitude - A=Attitude (HiAye;LoNo); K=Count (HELO)

Attitude signal

Board 10 Mini-splinter helps defence

Board 11 Jump-fit keeps opponents out of bidding

Board 12 Lead-directing bid

Board 9 Splinter helps defence

Classic defence with a hand with no picture card

Count signal

Counting out distribution - Ishmael del Monte defending

Counting out distribution as declarer

Counting out the distribution

Cover an honour, keep communications & discarding

Covering an honour with an hour - right or wrong

Crearting an entry for partner

Cutting communications as defenders

Defending NT when there is a long suit in dummy

Discarding not as a signal

Ducking or holding up an honour

False carding - hiding honour cards

Finding a switch 2

Finding a switch

Forcing play -shortening declarer's trumps

Forcing play- shortening dummy's trumps

Giving count, ducking, covering an honour and having a safe exit

Giving declarer a guess

Giving declarer a guess2

Hand template

Jump fit bid in action makes it hard for E-W

Keeping communication with partner

Lead -directing Lightner-style against a slam

Lead -directing Lightner-style

Lead-directing bid helps defence

Leading 2nd from bad suits 1

Leading 2nd from bad suits 2

Leading 2nd from bad suits 3

Leading against a gambling 3NT

Leading against a small slam

Leading as a suit-preference signal

Leading from AKxx against a suit contract

Leading honours against NT

Leading trumps

Overtaking for the vital switch

Passive defence 1

Passive defence 2

Placing honour cards

Playing the card you are known to hold 1

Playing the card you are known to hold 2

Ruffing & over-ruffing

Splinter (mini-) helps defence

Splinter helps defence

Suit preference signal 2

Suit-preference signal 1

Trump promotion (uppercut) 2

Trump promotion

Unblocking an honour

Underleading (internal sequence) against NT