The Skillest Podcast

Want a big coaching biz? Steve Astle to the rescue!

Steve Astle joins Baden and Clappy for an unscripted, end-of-season riff on where golf coaching is headed. Steve is one of the most influential figures in the industry, a

Ryan Hager: From Tragedy to Top Teacher

Ryan Hager, Director of Instruction at Plainfield Country Club in New Jersey, joins the show to talk about his path into coaching, his time training under Jim McLean, and

From Mars Bars to The Open: Alex Buckner on Winning, Reinvention, and Building Marco Penge

Alex Buckner didn't fall in love with coaching, he fell in love with winning. In this episode, the tour coach behind Marco Penge's breakout three win 2025 seaso

Storytelling Over Swing Data: Inside Jerome Theunis's Coaching Philosophy

Jerome Theunis was a golf pro himself — a Challenge Tour player who represented Belgium in the World Cup — before he became one of the most sought-after (and quietly unde

Stop Selling Lessons. Start Building Relationships.

What actually separates the coaches building thriving online businesses from everyone else? In this episode of the Skillest Pod, Baden Schaff sits down with Mark Govier

Why Busy Coaches Stay Stuck (And What the Best Do Instead)

The coaching industry is changing faster than ever. In this episode, the Skilly boys dive into what modern coaching really looks like in 2026—and why the coaches who thr

Sean Foley.... Unfiltered: Tom Kim, Skill, Process & Becoming a Better Coach

Sean Foley has coached some of the biggest names in golf, but this conversation goes far beyond the golf swing. Sean joins Baden Schaff and Alex Clapp for one of the dee

Clappy's back from Coaching at the Open!

Clappy is back from his first major as a coach, and it was a good one. He breaks down how Royal Birkdale played at The Open — pins tucked on the edge of every green, morn

Brett Rumford: The Short Game Virtuoso Launches his Skillest account!

Six DP World Tour wins. One of the most respected short games the sport's ever produced. This week we sit down with Brett Rumford — the Perth kid who was too small t

Shallow Early, Steep Late: The Fade vs. Draw Debate

Baden and Clappy are back after a flat-out couple of weeks. Baden unboxes his first new set of irons in six years (thanks to Tommy Bailey at Avoda) and gets real about li

Clappy plays with KEVIN HART! Men's and Women's US Open chat, and teaching Kids.

When Mark Govier and Alex Clapp are on, it's officially the Skilly Pod — and this one's a banger. Mark joins us fresh from caddying at the Women's US Open

Why Club Fitting Is Broken! Chris Trott (Trottie Golf) on Tour Truths, Fitting Myths & the Future of the Game

Chris Trott spent 20 years fitting golf clubs for the best players on the planet — from Dustin Johnson to Brooks Koepka to Tiger Woods. Now he's running the Trot Sho

Women's US Open at Riviera, Has Golf Coaching Gone Too Technical, and When to Change Coaches

The crew is deep into summer golf season — and this week there's plenty to talk about. First up, the Women's US Open heads to Riviera Country Club, and the guys

What Happens When a 24-Year-Old Starts Coaching the World's Best Golfers? The Drew Steckel Story

Drew Steckel has coached Kevin Na, Pat Perez, Jason Kokrak, and Chesson Hadley — and he did it all before turning 24. He's not rebuilding swings from scratch. He&apo

Keith Bennett built a 360,000-follower coaching empire as a self proclaimed introvert.

In this episode, we sit down with one of golf instruction’s most recognisable voices to unpack how a former snowboarder from Vermont became one of the most diversified co

PGA Championship Preview, Chris Wood's Comeback & The LIV Endgame

Baden and Clappy kick off with a deep dive into the oddities of international timekeeping — Mother's Day, Father's Day, and why Adelaide is somehow half an hour

The Most Powerful Man In Golf Coaching! Luke Kerr-Dineen

What happens when one of golf’s smartest media minds sits down with two golf-obsessed coaching nerds? You get a conversation that goes everywhere — tour players, TPI, coa

Methods vs Systems: The Truth About Golf Coaching Today!

Why do great golf coaches disagree on so many things? And more importantly… does it actually matter? In this episode, Baden and Alex unpack the reality of modern golf c

High Performance Habits: What Elite Coaching Really Looks Like — with Mark Govier

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 S

Ball Rollback, Ground Reaction Forces & LIV's Reckoning

Baden and Clappy are back to unpack a massive week in golf. They kick off at Harbour Town — a course that makes the case that great design, not a rolled-back ball, is how