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The Skillest Podcast
The Skilly Pod is for golfers and coaches who care about getting better — on and off the course.
Hosted by Baden Schaff and Alex Clapp, the show covers everything from game improvement and coaching insights to what’s actually happening in golf right now.
It’s real conversations, practical advice, and plenty of fun along the way.
Each episode mixes:
- Honest takes on improving your game
- Coaching insights from two of the best in the business
- Current events in golf
- Interviews with some of the biggest names in the game
No fluff. Just better golf, better thinking, and a few laughs along the way.
The Skillest Podcast
High Performance Habits: What Elite Coaching Really Looks Like — with Mark Govier
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This week on the Skilly Pod, Baden and Clappy sit down with Mark Govier — Welsh Dragon, high performance coach at Altus Golf, and one of the most engaged coaches on the Skillest platform.
Mark's coaching journey spans 30 years, from running his own academy in Wales to being recruited by Cam McCormick to join the Altus setup in Dallas, where he works with elite juniors, college players, and tour professionals.
The conversation gets into what separates real coaching from the traditional one-off lesson model — and spoiler: it's not about more swing videos. Mark, Clappy, and Baden unpack why accountability, habit tracking, regular touchpoints, and genuine human connection are the real drivers of player improvement. Mark also opens up about how he uses Whoop data to catch things like a student playing Call of Duty until midnight before a tournament round, and why building a player's individual "formula" is the foundation of everything he does.
They also get into swing models, Nelly Korda, Fitzpatrick's incredible week, the danger zone between lessons, and why the five-or-six lesson package might be the worst thing that ever happened to golf coaching.
If you want to understand what high performance coaching actually looks like in 2025 — in person and online — this one's for you.