STEM

Our Student-Athlete for the month of March is Jaden Jackson. Here’s what our instructors had to say about his performance last month: Jaden has recently become one of the outstanding leaders in our program. It is apparent to his peers, as well as to the staff, that he is more focused and mature than when […]

By Veeshan Narinesingh, STEM program leader Last week our young men got a taste of how the technology in The Bridge Golf Learning Center will enhance their STEM learning experience. The students finished up the friction unit by performing a couple of experiments with rolling friction at The Learning Center. Students used stimpmeters to determine […]

By Veeshan Narinesingh, STEM program leader Every day our young men use mathematics to become better thinkers. In their STEM work at The Bridge Golf Foundation, our students often use concepts from algebra and statistics to solve problems and analyze their experimental data. Last week, our young men went outside to nearby St. Nicholas Park […]

By Matt Matzelle, STEM teaching assistant Why are some greens “fast” and some “slow”? Golfers understand most of the factors that affect the speed of a ball’s roll — the length of the grass, the slope of the green, the firmness of the ground. But most golfers never think about friction, which our young men […]

Our Student-Athlete of the Month is Tariq Washington. Tariq’s dedication to bettering himself and his peers has been slow and steady, but it has not gone unnoticed. For quite some time, Tariq was able to get by on pure talent and intelligence, but he vastly improved this month because he realized he could do so much […]

By Veeshan Narinesingh, STEM program leader This week in their STEM sessions, our young men worked on PowerPoint presentations for Black History Month. Their presentations celebrated the long history of African American innovators, with a focus on Dr. George Grant, a son of former slaves and one of the first African Americans to graduate from Harvard’s dental […]

Thanks to NY1, New Yorkers learned all about The Bridge Golf Foundation on Wednesday morning and got an early look at The Bridge Golf Learning Center. NY1 reporter Roger Clark interviewed co-founders Robert M. Rubin and Farrell Evans, logged some time on one of our Trackman simulators with Teaching Pro Brian Hwang, and spoke with STEM […]

By Veeshan Narinesingh, STEM co-teacher On Thursday, our STEM students had a special guest. Jhevon Smith, a lecturer at City College and my professor for vector calculus and linear algebra, gave a talk entitled “What I Wish I Knew at 13.” It was a great way for our young men to interact with someone who […]

At one time or another, every golfer has been told to imagine the motion of a pendulum when putting. This week our students learned that the same smooth, back-and-through motion that can lead to holed putts can also lead to a greater understanding of the physics of golf. Matt Matzelle, our newest STEM instructor, and […]

I am happy to announce that Zion Smith is our Student-Athlete of the Month. He also managed to be deemed the Zestiest participant for the week of 1/25-1/30. The fact that he was able to achieve both goals says a lot about his personality and resilience. Here are a few thoughts about Zion from the staff: […]

Last week, our students explored the concept of potential energy by studying springs and weights with our STEM teachers, Veeshan and Tiffani. Our students observed that a spring, when stretched, wants to pull itself back into shape. The class then determined that the strength of this “restoring force” is determined by the stiffness of the […]

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 […]