Should Instructors Explain Mechanics?

Hack It Out Golf

Hack it Out Golf - Mark Crossfield, Lou Stagner, Greg Chalmers

Education, Sports, Golf

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

How technical should golf instruction be? In this episode, Mark and Lou discuss whether learning the specific facts of the golf swing will help or hurt golfers. You need to find what works for you—and that might not be what you expect. Where to find us: Mark Crossfield's weekly newsletter: https://www.crossfieldgolf.com/subscribe Mark Crossfield on Twitter: https://twitter.com/4golfonline Mark Crossfield on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/4golfonline Lou Stagner's weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.loustagnergolf.com/subscribe Lou Stagner on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouStagner Greg Chalmers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GregChalmersPGA The Hack It Out Golf Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HackItOutGolf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.0	Hello, Lou. We're going to ask you a question from one of the listeners. Let's go. Yeah. So the question, it's a fun one.
0:39.1	I thought it would be a good one to do with you.
0:40.7	12.
0:41.3	The answer is 12.
0:42.2	Yeah.
0:42.7	12.
0:43.3	2, I think it is.
0:45.3	Should golf coaches explain the mechanics of the golf swing?
0:49.5	So using video or physical form before giving a lesson to beginners and maybe improve us,
0:58.0	instead of trying to change or tweak some movement to obtain a result. So the essence of the
1:04.6	question, just so we put it in the context, because it doesn't imply as much to maybe you,
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