Drill
Contact-to-Ordinary Bridge
HOW TO DO IT
Contact-to-Ordinary Bridge
Verify that a laid-turn exit supplies a functional opposite entry before adding second contact.
Preparation and setting
One individual contact turn already returns predictably; ordinary opposite arc and stop available.
Exercise sequence
- Make the demonstrated contact turn and recover before movement range is exhausted.
- Choose an ordinary opposite turn rather than another contact task.
- Observe whether its entry requires a tail throw, aft correction or arm rescue.
- Stop after the pair and repeat from the other edge only if that individual contact turn is ready.
- Train the failed first-turn return separately. Do not deepen the ordinary second arc to hide a weak connection.
Transfer
Use ED16’s two-contact pair only after both bridge orders work. The ordinary second arc is a diagnostic, not a lesser style achievement.
Errors addressed
Contact turn succeeds but connection fails; Weak edge hidden in linking; Rescue traverse mistaken for completed linking.
Observable success
Both contact-to-ordinary orders produce a predictable opposite entry and deliberate exit.
Regression
Use shallower contact or return to ED09 non-contact recovery; keep the ordinary next task manageable.
Editorial origin
SBSweet editorial exercise; not a verbatim source-school lesson.
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editorial review notes
No source-school approval is claimed; coaching review is pending.