HAWTHORN forward Jarryd Roughead said he felt "invincible" on Saturday afternoon against Carlton when he realised he was in rare goal-kicking form.

For the first time in his AFL career, the 22-year-old booted a bag of eight goals, and was the Hawks' go-to man as Buddy Franklin struggled to get into the game.

Roughead, who won the David Parkin Medal for his performance, said it was hard to explain what it was like to find himself in such scoring touch.

"You just feel like you can't do anything wrong," he said after the Hawks' four-point win.

"You just feel like you're not going to miss.

"I don't think it was handed to me on a platter but the way we set up, we work hard and we create turnovers."

While Roughead said while it was nice to receive a personal confidence boost from his golden-boot game, he was quite happy to continue to be known as Buddy's second-in-command.

"I'm happy being behind Buddy. He's proved over the last year that he's arguably one of the best players in the game," he said.

"If I can just get out there and contribute three or four goals each week, it's going to go a long way towards helping us win more games."

He denied he was the designated target on Saturday, and that his opportunity to kick his best-ever tally simply came about as Franklin battled against Carlton defender Paul Bower.

"It could have very easily been Buddy to kick eight. We just stick at it," he said.

"We've been playing with each other for the past two or three years without missing, so we know where each other runs now."

Roughead, who's previous best return was 6.4 against West Coast in round 14 last year, attributed the help of the club's high performance manager David Rath to the improvement in his accuracy.

"It's down to 18 months of hard work with my routine," he said.

"I wasn't a great kick when I first came here, but over time, working with David on a routine and getting out there every Tuesday and Thursday morning with our goal-kicking sessions and going through it all the time, when you come to a game, you find out it's starting to pay off."

He agreed Saturday's game was the best he had played for Hawthorn, and that it helped to solidify his belief in his ability as a power forward.

"Last week early I dropped a couple of marks but then I stuck to my guns and kicked a couple late, which was good," he said.

"It was just more self confidence, knowing that you can take the grab and go back and have a good set shot."