LSL Passavant Community in Zelienople, Pennsylvania
Pat Dotson, the Zelienople Bridge Club Manager at LSL Passavant, asked David and Maureen Loeb to help run their community bridge games and offer lessons to residents and local bridge players. Pat is pleased with the participation in bridge games. "Attendance in our games has grown to as many as 28 players. Before David and Maureen began directing our games, we are struggling to get 12 to 16 players."
Pat appreciates the reaction to David and Maureen's lessons. "Players appreciate the way David and Maureen encourage players to improve and have more fun at the bridge table. The lessons have helped players understand that they can develop new skills with effort, and they can enjoy playing bridge throughout the process. Seeing the benefits of a growth mindset applied to learning bridge encourages everyone to apply a growth mindset to other life skills."
The success of the bridge program at LSL Passvant encouraged David and Maureen to establish Bridge for Brain Health. Pat recommends senior communites and country clubs looking to provide social activities which help promote mental health contact Bridge for Brain Health to learn how bridge, the best social mindsport, and a growth mindset can benefit their community.
Ventura Country Club in Orlando, Florida
The Ventura Country Club serves a community with many senior residents. David and Maureen Loeb were recruited to help grow their bridge game and offer lessons to help players improve. The Ventura Country Club graciously provided a meeting room set up with bridge tables. Maureen and David started the Ventura Bridge Club to offer resident and local players social bridge games, sanctioned bridge games, and bridge lessons. David and Maureen promoted a growth mindset with their bridge lessons. Players were invited to join David and Maureen for lunch at the Country Club's restaurant after our Tuesday morning games. Players asked for advice on hands whiere they had difficulty. When answering questins, David and Maureen applied Professor Carol Dweck's growth mindset advice to focus on the process, not the result. The growth mindset approach to teaching helps accelerate learning and increase resiliency. This approach was so successful thad David was asked to share growth mindset teaching techniques in the American Bridge Teacher Association's magazine.