Discards are an important way to communicate with partner. But not just the first discard, every discard matters. Here we look at discards later in the play.

When we are defending a hand there are many important situations that we need to know about when to attack a suit and when it may cost to do so. These card combinations and how to play to get the most out of them are an extremely important part of good defense.

When you are behind the dummy and attack it you should be able to do so in ways that show your partner a very strong holding. These surround plays and power shift help partner know the strength of your holding.

Here we look at how to play when we have multiple touching honors.  How to we play these different sequences in different situations can e very confusing.

Should we return partner’s lead? Show we shift to a different suit? This is always a difficult decision! Here we look at how to make this decision and help our partnership take the tricks we are entitled to.

Here we look at how we defend in the middle of the hand, with a focus on leading a new suit -- how and when to do so!