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

About this episode

Baden and Clappy discuss high performance coaching with Mark Govier, exploring the nuances of elite coaching in golf.

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...

People in this episode

Hosts: Baden, Clappy

Guest: Mark Govier

Topics covered

• high performance coaching
• elite coaching
• golf training
• coaching journey
• junior players
• tour professionals

Keywords

• high performance
• coaching
• golf
• elite juniors
• college players
• tour professionals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Altus Golf

Places: Wales, Dallas

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