It's hard for me to believe, but I've been a professional bridge player and teacher for about 30 years. Along with Michael Rosenberg, our then 14-year-old son Kevin, and my mom, Judy Zuckerberg, in 2011 I moved from NY to the Bay Area of California. When not teaching bridge, I'm often enjoying hiking with new friends in this beautiful weather, while Michael stays home to write comments on Bridge Winners articles.
While I've always enjoyed seeing young people learn bridge, in 2013 youth bridge become my passion. That year I became a mentor and organizer in the USBF Junior training program, and co-founded a youth bridge organization in the Bay Area, Silicon Valley Youth Bridge.
Read more »OK, this is a pretty trivial question, mostly to satisfy my curiosity, though possibly to improve the viewer experience if there is a clear consensus, and commentators choose to pay attention.
One of my pet peeves is when a vugraph commentator continually reports what is happening at the other table, or the result which just came in from the other table.
I don't mean occasionally discussing something interesting which happened/is happening at the other table. I mean frequent comments simply stating what contract is being played, what result was achieved, etc.
It seems to me that viewers can get this info themselves extremely easily if they wish. In my opinion the commentator saying this adds nothing, and sometimes detracts.
Do others agree?
Edit - To clarify, I'm mostly talking about comments unrelated to the board on the screen, but reporting results from the other table on a board which is already finished at this table
Sorry, you need to be logged in to answer polls. Registered users can vote in polls, and can also browse other users' public votes! Please join our community and participate in the discussion.
