Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand is a book on contract bridge

Contract bridge

Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...

 co-written by Canadian teacher and author Barbara Seagram

Barbara Seagram

Barbara Seagram is a Canadian bridge teacher, author and administrator. In addition to being recognized for her professional bridge teaching business and as co-author of seventeen bridge books, she is most widely known for co-writing 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know, which received the...

 and British author David Bird

David Bird

David Bird is the world's most prolific bridge writer, with over one hundred books to his name. He is bridge correspondent for the Mail on Sunday and the London Evening Standard; he contributes regularly to many magazines, including Bridge Plus, English Bridge, Bridge Magazine and the ACBL Bridge...

. It was published by Master Point Press

Master Point Press

Master Point Press is a Canadian book publishing company located in Toronto, Canada. It grew out of Canadian Master Point magazine , which was published by Ray and Linda Lee. The company began publishing books in 1994...

in 2009.

The book teaches novice bridge players some basic techniques of declarer play, including suit establishment, ruffing losers, and the finesse. It also explains how to make a plan as declarer, teaching readers how to recognize which technique should apply on a given deal, both in no trump contracts and suit contracts. It also teaches entry management and elementary counting.
The book won the ABTA (American Bridge Teachers Association) Book of the Year award for 2010.