Tips for Strike Awareness and Shot Shaping

Hack It Out Golf

Golf Swing Productions by Mark Crossfield Greg Chalmers and Lou Stagner

Sports, Education, Golf

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🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

If you want to play better golf, 1) hit the center of the face 2) while controlling the face. But how? In this episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg talk about practical ways to work on strike and shot shaping. What are some tips for improving strike? How about some drills and games to measure your improvement? The instruction here can make a real difference in your scores. 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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0:27.8	Alive in every drop.
0:32.5	Welcome back to the Hagger Out Golf Podcast.
0:34.4	We've got a question team.
0:37.1	So Lou and Greg in the house.
0:39.7	Peter Blair has asked us a question.
0:47.0	He has asked me. He hasn't asked me a question. No, he's asked me on one of my platforms. So he says, what is your, so me and Greg's favorite practice games for impact location.
1:00.6	And at what handicap level do you think amateurs should introduce a shot shaping as required,
1:08.2	not all the time as they should play a natural shape, but if a shot shape is required,
1:10.6	a cut to avoid an obstacle, etc.
1:14.5	So he's basically saying games for strike location,
1:16.7	okay, which we'll talk about.
1:19.4	And then he's asking like at what handicap level should you introduce a bit of shot shaping,
1:22.0	which could be phased and jaws and highs and lows, I would say.
1:25.2	But he doesn't care what Lou thinks.
1:28.4	There's one guy on this podcast who kept an impact book, a book of strike.
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