
Bridge: A MindSport for All (BAMSA) has a range of resources including academic articles and summaries, conference papers, workshop presentations, videos and other visuals. More resources are being generated and, over time, the resources will become toolkits for two different but potentially overlapping audiences:
- Practitioners: bridge organisations, players, teachers, local organisers
- Public: schools, teachers, parents, young people, universities, employers, policymakers
With the exception of the videos and photographs, the following resources originate from the BAMSA research projects. All BAMSA resources are free to download. Stakeholder presentations are listed on the Network page. If you share the resources please credit BAMSA and email [email protected] to let the researchers know how you have used the resources (or plan to use them).
Academic Resources
Book
Bridging Minds
Punch, S. (2021) Bridge at the Top: Behind the Screens, Toronto: Master Point Press
Journal Articles
Bridging Minds
Punch, S. and Russell, Z. (2022) Playing with Emotions: Emotional Complexity in the Social World of Elite Tournament Bridge, Emotions and Society, 4(2): 238-256.
Russell, Z., Punch, S. and McIntosh, I. (2021) Blurring the Boundaries Between Leisure and Work: Professionals as Devotees in the Mind-Sport Bridge, International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure, 5: 13–32.
Punch, S., Russell, Z. and Graham, E. (2021) Serious Leisure Experience in a Dyadic Pursuit: Elite Player Motivations and Participation in Tournament Bridge, Leisure Studies, 41(1): 12-27.
Punch, S., Russell, Z. and Cairns, B. (2020) (Per)forming Identity in the Mindsport Bridge: Self, Partnership and Community, International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 56(6): 804-822.
- Theoretical summary
- Practical summary
- Practical summary (Chinese translation)
Punch, S. and Snellgrove, M.L. (2020) Playing your Life: Developing Strategies and Managing Impressions in the Game of Bridge, Sociological Research Online, 26(3): 601–619.
- Practical summary
- Infographic poster: pdf format or png format
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Poster with contacts EBL NBOs: pdf format or png formatPoster with contacts ACBL: pdf format or png format
Punch, S. and Snellgrove, M.L. (Forthcoming 2023) ‘Bridging Time: Negotiating Serious Leisure in Intimate Couple Relationships’, Annals of Leisure Research.