The quickest and surest way to backgammon knowledge and skill.
Received August, 2012
Dear Phil,
Yesterday we have ended up our summer season in our backgammon club in Izmir.I won 2 cups in this particular season.(season is 2 months period) I won the championship of one point tournament which was around 40 players.And I also won the Izmir city cup(9 point matches until quarter final and 13 and 15 point matches semi and final match)
I have learned a lot from you over the past 3-4 months and i know i will learn lot more in the future.Thank you one more time for all your help and guidance.
Best regards
Mehmet Akis, Izmir, Turkey
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About the Learning Center Process & Team…..
Phil, Perry, John, David and Stick have formed a partnership to teach players of all levels, all over the world. We have developed a systematic, effective approach to determine the best checker plays and cube decisions.
Our lessons are carefully planned and customized for each student’s level of play and needs. Everyone has holes in his game; we’ll find them and fill them.
Books and articles are great, but we put them on steroids and save students years in their journey to improve. We teach several new strategies and techniques to guide you to the right decisions that you will not find in any book or article.
The effectiveness of our approach is proven by the success of our students–many have gone from Beginner to Intermediate, and from Intermediate to Championship in just a few months! You can read their stories and see proof of their success in the testimonials section on this site. We currently have over 60 students world-wide. We provide free Webex so that students can see our computer screen and talk freely over the internet. Sessions are recorded for future review. No special software is needed–just click on the link we send you and talk over the internet.
Students receive articles, learning tools, and exercises between lessons, and permanent copies of guides which will be useful for many years.
You will see SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT in your game and WE GUARANTEE IT. Any lesson you take is FREE if you don’t see how it will immediately improve your game.
Private lessons are $50 an hour for beginners and intermediates and $100 per hour for Championship-level players. We can place individuals of similar skill into small groups at discounted prices, and we offer discounts to high school and college students and the disabled.
Note: A portion of our lesson income is donated to the United States Backgammon Federation (USBGF).
Meet Our Professionals:
Perry Gartner:
Perry has won many tournaments, was a semi-finalist in the World Championships two times, was ranked as high as No. 2 on the US Tour. He is is a noted author, lecturer and teacher and is Executive Director of the U.S. Backgammon Federation.
Phil Simborg:
Phil is the world’s first “Professor of Backgammon” teaching backgammon in an accredited course he helped establish at Georgia Southern University (teaching via Webex). Phil has been teaching over 20 years, has published over 200 articles, lectures at many US tournaments, and leads seminars to groups all over the world via the internet. Phil has been ranked as high at No. 2 on the American Backgammon Tour and he is the 2010 Chicago Bar Point Club Player of the Year. Phil is a full-time backgammon playing and teaching professional and volunteers much of his time to bringing new, young players into the game. Phil has been designated as the “pro” for the “Ask the Pro” column on the US Backgammon Federation web site and is an adviser to the USBGF and head of the Collegiate, High School and Senior Development programs for the United States. Phil is currently listed on the International Giants List (among the top 64 players in the world) and is ranked in the top 5 on the 2012 American Backgammon Tour.
John O’Hagan:
John has won far too many tournaments to list, and he is currently ranked No. 11 on the World on the Giants list. He recently took 1st place in the Howard Ring Memorial Quiz, which was a pure test of backgammon knowledge and skill. John has retired and is now devoting his time to playing and teaching backgammon–he has placed 2nd in the World Championships and was the No. 2 player for 2010 on the US ABT Tour.
David Rockwell:
David has won many tournaments including ABT events, has been the top player at the Chicago Bar Point Club over the past 7 years and is co-author of the Rockwell-Kazaross Match Equity table. His depth of knowledge and analysis is respected by players throughout the world.
Stick:
Stick is currently ranked No. 7 Giant in the world. He is a respected teacher and lecturer, an active member and supporter of the USBGF. Stick runs the most popular free online backgammon forum which draws some of the strongest players in the world at BGOnLine.org. (Stick, like Madonna, Sting, Mochy, Godzilla, and Superman, only needs one name.)
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