Adam Parrish
Leveling Up

World champion Brian Platnick discusses how serious players can structure their efforts to improve and how top players continue developing their games.

Psychology professor and longtime bridge writer David Weiss discusses skill acquisition, consistency, concentration, evaluating expertise and why simply accumulating hours isn't enough.

A serious developing player discusses being a student of the game, useful bridge books, advice for improving players and maintaining a growth mindset.

A fascinating discussion of conscious versus subconscious decision-making, replacing bad habits, structured training and using postmortems to improve automatic bridge judgment.

Longtime Bridge World and ACBL Bulletin writer Augie Boehm discusses characteristics of top players and some of the recurring mistakes made by intermediate players.

World-class player Joel Wooldridge discusses techniques for remembering cards, system notes, preparation and what he considers the biggest mistake intermediate players make: failing to count.

Adam Kaplan discusses disciplined analytical thinking, post-tournament review, tournament routines and the characteristics of a winning player.

Daniel Korbel discusses learning from bridge books, deliberately training yourself to count the hands, partnership work, tournament routines and why bridge isn't primarily about conventions.

World champion Geoff Hampson discusses tournament preparation, matchpoint strategy, what separates elite players from the next tier and the importance of counting everything on every hand.

World champion Boye Brogeland discusses table routines, partnership, consistency and an important defensive habit: anticipating the card declarer might play that could create a problem.

Hall of Famer Larry Cohen discusses preparing yourself to play, reviewing deals immediately after a session, system notes, knowing your partner's style and setting realistic improvement goals.

World champion Brad Moss discusses evolving as a partner, choosing a bidding system when beginning a new partnership and the amount of work required to reach a high level.

Hall of Famer Bart Bramley discusses foundational bridge books, convention cards and system development. His particularly useful principle: the amount of system you play should be proportional to the length and seriousness of your partnership.

Coach of world-class partnerships Joyjit Sensarma discusses coaching versus teaching, creating productive practice hands, beginning a new partnership, working with intermediate partnerships and why simple agreements that both partners remember are often better than complexity.

Sports psychologist Brian Arlinghaus discusses visualization, body language, focusing on process instead of results, controlling adrenaline, eliminating careless mistakes and simulating pressure during practice.

Jeopardy champion and Diamond Life Master James Holzhauer discusses deliberate training, differences between amateurs and professionals, avoiding tilt, mental exhaustion and lessons learned from being a bridge partner.

Hall of Famer and world champion Janice Seamon-Molson discusses advice from sports psychology and proposes a training regimen for serious bridge players who want to improve.

Australian international Nabil Edgtton discusses his extensive research into improving focus and performance, tournament preparation, reducing distractions and playing efficiently as declarer.

Multiple Bermuda Bowl winner Sjoert Brink discusses how he practices with longtime partner Bas Drijver, treating every hand as important and why strong declarers tend to play efficiently.