[pater333]

I'm a strong, 'expert', player who makes stupid mistakes.

[ovncylmz]

I am sure that there will be many strong experts(!) around to teach you for a reasonable fee.

[ggwhiz]

This post is leading with your chin and I predict will attract flotsam AND jetsam, his evil twin.

We had a local "pro" giving lessons out of his home that had 4 students arrive at his door during a howling blizzard. He told them, "you're 10 minutes early" and shut the door.

Read a good book or two on sports psychology. I found one a few years ago but don't remember the title. It covered focus and concentration, meditation type techniques etc. for individual as well as team competitions and is the kind of thing (along with professional coaching) that got Phil Mickelson over the top when he was getting a severe reputation as a sunday choker on the back 9.

My problem at the time was tempo, too much speed not enough thought and it helped me to be very aware of a bad habit and to plan a checklist to go through before making the play.

[MrAce]

Not only expert but "strong expert" and need lessons?
Are you from Turkey by chance?

[nige1]

Most experts make avoidable mistakes and can learn more. It takes guts to admit it. But that's one reason why international teams employ coaches,

[Vampyr]

Best would be, I think, to hire a pro. make sure a post-mortem is included in the fee.

By the way, do "strong, expert" players make stupid mistakes? I don't think so.

[wank]

1nt 14-18
2nt 19-22
blackwood 0413

the op employs cutting edge methods.

[FelicityR]

Most 'strong expert' players in any sport or game, I suppose, will automatically know where they have gone wrong. As a moderately-advanced player myself with over 30 years of playing this game, I always know when I have made a right mess of things.

As for stupidity, that normally occurs after the 2nd large glass of wine

[barmar]

FelicityR, on 2017-April-10, 08:41, said:

As for stupidity, that normally occurs after the 2nd large glass of wine

The problem I have with being a non-drinker is that I don't have excuses like that available. I'm just dumb, sometimes.

[mycroft]

Vampyr, on 2017-April-10, 01:12, said:

Best would be, I think, to hire a pro. make sure a post-mortem is included in the fee.

By the way, do "strong, expert" players make stupid mistakes? I don't think so.

Absolutely they do. But just like "hopeless levels" (or "can't play levels"), the World Class player's "stupid mistake" is the Strong Expert's "poor choice" is my "obvious seeing all 52 cards" is the flight B player's normal play (and for them it's not a mistake, because their partner won't get it either) is the Flight C player's "huh?"

I explain to the newer players here that "this game doesn't get any easier as you get better. You just make a higher class of dumb mistakes" (along with "there will come a time where you feel like you're going backward - that you're getting worse with play. Actually what's happening is that you are seeing more mistakes you never noticed before, faster than you're correcting them. Don't worry about it, just play through it.")

[Zelandakh]

This is probably as good a hand as any for you to start your analysis of your real level. As far as I can see from your hand records you are a solid player in dire need of a regular partner that is not going to do crazy things. If you can create such a solid basis, it would probably make your self-analysis much easier as well as more accurate. My initial assessment would be that you would benefit most from a course aimed at advanced players. Private tuition is obviously better still if you have a lot of money but is probably a little wasteful at this stage of your development. Another tool that you might consider is Bridge Master. This is an educational program published by BBO and would almost certainly improve your declarer technique. There are also various add-ons that you can buy. Hopefully the admins will waive the CoCs for advertising in this case given the developer concerned!