Illustrating the Role of Energy in Golf Mechanics With Pendulums and a Gravity Well

Last week, our young men began to learn about the role that energy plays in golf mechanics. In golf, energy is transferred, stored and transformed in many ways. Our muscles expend energy to raise the golf club, which stores gravitational potential energy. As we swing, that stored gravitational energy and the body’s muscles accelerate the […]

Our golf instruction team has been working with our young men on the rules and terminology that are essential to understanding the game of golf. Working with an illustration of a golf hole and the USGA Quick Guide to Golf, our young men talked about the Rules of Play, and what players should and should not do in […]

The Bridge Golf Learning Center, our future home base in Harlem, is getting closer to completion. The walls and paint are finished, and the wiring is nearly done. In the coming weeks, we’ll be installing our three Trackman 4 golf simulators and rolling out the turf. When completed, the 2,300-square-foot learning center will provide a comprehensive […]

When you push on an object, the object pushes back. This is the essence of “normal force,” which our young men studied in this week’s STEM lab. A person standing on the ground is being pulled toward the earth by gravity, but the floor isn’t just lying there — it’s actually pushing back. A chair […]

On Saturday morning, we teamed up with Sheltering Arms and Mentoring USA for a breakfast at Eagle Academy. Fathers, sons and mentors from all three programs ate and socialized before moving on to the serious business of the day — a putting contest. Director of Golf Randy Taylor led the putting competition. It was a great experience to meet with […]

Our new STEM teachers Veeshan Narinesingh and Tiffani Kolozian got to know our students this week while studying Newton’s three laws of motion. Veeshan is a physics graduate student at the City College of New York, and Tiffani is finishing her physics education degree at City College. Co-teachers Veeshan and Tiffani demonstrated Newton’s laws with several creative, […]