Beginning bridge players start by learning how to bid. Good bidding is the key to playing good bridge and it is a skill that is learnt with time and practice.

Start by adding up the points in your hand. This is the easy bit. You get four points for each ace in your hand, three points for each king, two points for each queen and one point for each jack. Add them up to find the total point score for your hand.

The total points you how many tricks your hand might win. This is where it starts to become harder for a beginner. You need to learn the table that indicates the number of tricks that your points score should win. This is the starting point for your bidding. As a beginner you will also be trying to understand how your partner is bidding. You might feel that if you make a mistake with your bidding you will be letting your partner down. Once the game has started you will also be trying to remember which cards have been played. All this concentration can cause beginners to become flustered.

Bridge is a fun, sociable game. To overcome your nerves and allow you to enjoy your bridge games you need to practice your bidding.

The No Fear Bridge membership site allows you to practice your bidding in the comfort of your own home. In no time at all you will improve your bidding skills and amaze your fellow bridge players with your improvement and confidence.

To help with your bidding there is a weekly bidding quiz. There are 20 multiple choice questions covering all aspects of bidding. Just submit your answers. Each time you choose a wrong answer you will be given a clear explanation of why your answer was wrong so you can learn and improve. You can take each weekly quiz as many times as you like.

There is a weekly leaderboard (only your first try at the quiz counts for this!). See if you can put your name at the top of the weekly leaderboard.

Head over to No Fear Bridge now and sign up – just click the link the bio gox below. Be warned – this site can become addictive!