Five years ago Tyler Coonts was working in advertising at Google, sneaking into empty conference rooms to give free swing breakdowns on the Hudl app. Then George Gankas told him mid-lesson: "You should be teaching."
Now he's one of the most in-demand coaches on Skillest. He does six hours of Zoom lessons a day, and his analysis queue hasn't been empty in three years. This year he also picked up almost 70,000 Instagram followers off a single drill.
Baden and Clappy talk to Tyler about:
Learning from Randy Smith (Scheffler's coach) at 12, drawing on swings with dry-erase markers alongside Wayne DeFrancesco, and growing up at the Harmon School in the Tiger era
What George Gankas really teaches, and what the internet gets wrong about him
Why Tyler was trained to start the downswing with his arms, and how George flipped that around
How he coaches online: lessons built like workout videos, lines drawn on everything, and students taught to run their own swing
Getting grilled on root cause by his mentor Jeff Smith: "Start at impact. Why? Why? Why?"
How the loop drill went viral, why 99 detailed swing breakdowns tanked his growth, and the trial-reel and repost tricks that worked
Handling online criticism, and why before-and-afters settle every argument
If you've ever wondered whether you could make it as an online coach, this is the episode for you.
Chapters (rough timestamps, check against the final edit) 00:00 Intro & Tyler's background 04:45 Finding George Gankas 06:55 What George actually teaches 08:45 Rewiring the downswing 13:15 Tyler's digital coaching philosophy 23:15 Root cause analysis & mentorship with Jeff Smith 25:45 Going viral: the loop drill 34:15 Handling online criticism 40:00 Advice for coaches & wrap-up
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