Yes! Your instructions are the best. It's a blessing for weekend golfers to have found an instructor that don't hold back any secrets. Why do I feel like my local PGA coaches holding back secrets ??? Thank you !!! You're simply the best and the kindest !!
Starting watching your videos about a year ago.. been working on increasing driver distance and striking better iron shots. This video has been the best for hitting better irons. And.. I used to be the 'short sister' in my group... now I am out driving all of my playing partners. Tracking more pars.. but better yet... fewer doubles! Thanks Christina!!!
Really, really like your instruction. Have just started watching your videos and am now making my way through them all. Some really excellent tips and drills. Thanks.
Christina, you are the BEST!! What a KEY thought to get quick hands, most of us swing from all the way back to the finish, there is NO speed. The absolute description of speed. Thank YOU!!
Thanks for the tip I was struggling I On the Front nine yesterday on the back I was started fast hands had five pars love your tips and listening to your voice
Thank you x3, Christina! I have taken lessons for years from a trusted teacher who kept correcting my hands to keep tight wrists until just into and after the thigh. I could never manage this. Conversely, when I just swung away, my best shots were when I felt what you describe. I am reminded that Jack Nicklaus said "the release begins at the top." Care to comment? BTW: you have a knack for good clear words accompanied by clear visual images to define things that can only really be felt.
Hello Christina I am a beginner and I tried your tips today and I really saw a big improvement, it's amazing. Your drills are really effective and easy to understand. Thank you so much I will keep on watching!
This is incredibly helpful for those of us who drag the club afraid of casting and eliminating lag. Wonder if you would consider doing some tips directed towards senior citizens with limited flexibility.
IM compressing the ball much better today at 56 than I ever have and I can play 36 holes with back aches in morning. Neck, shoulders, arms and hand relaxed (1), posture (2) and making the 5 to 7 o’clock @woosh (3) are what I’m thinking about in practice setting. If I get out of sync I flip the club over and swing the handle, listening for the woosh at 5-7. Right elbow pinned to right chest, acceleration starts with gravity and increases with body turn. Makes 5 irons feel so much better than ever! Good luck all!
Christina, in your video about being too armsy, you are recommending a body turn. With this active release training, not sure how the body turn fits in. Can you address in a separate video how to do a body turn and also use an active release?
Was working this tip and and the one on hip rotation yesterday. The ball was going left and right until I realized I had to lighten my grip pressure to get the whip
Just keep that right elbow pressed against your rib cage. It creates proper extension on your backswing, promotes a shoulder turn, keeps the left arm straight (eliminates left chicken wing) and produces a soft draw. Practice doing it without hitting balls until it becomes second nature.
I am slow! Slow thinking, slow moving, slow,slow,slow and 6months of chemo made me slower but I hit the ball long for someone in their sixties.( driver 250+, 8 iron 150+etc.) You must learn how to develop a swing /move that matches your natural make up. All your theory is correct if the athlete is "wired" correctly for the concept. Many great players are arm and hand releasers, but for myself, this never was nor will be a repeatable swing option. Unfortunately, my swing development came late in life, basically after I lost my health. I wasted too many years trying to do things that were never repeatable for my talent. Golf is funny, once you develop repeatability, confidence comes with it. I thank Moe Norman for his insight on how to step outside the circle. Have fun and enjoy the challenge of this game that forces you to be yourself !!!
I'd hook it off the planet releasing like this. I release the club through body rotation, not a conscious movement of the hands, which keeps the clubhead squarer through impact. But I've always had fast hands and the hook has always been my nemesis so this tip probably doesn't apply to players like me.
Hi Christina. Sir Henry Cotton said the golf swing is 85 percent hands and 15 percent body. (He is the one that advocated hitting rubber tires.) He said the trail hand moves faster then the lead hand at impact to the ball as the lead hand opposes the trail hand. I tried his theory and found it very cool. What say you?
This is a great tip for more distance. But, maybe not so much for accuracy? I started doing this about 7 years ago and developed an unpredictable hook. So, I went back to a square, down the line, release. I would advise to practice this, but use the straight down the line release. Just make sure you extend your arms through impact. No chicken wing......
I’ve been hitting right since I started golf a year ago. Doesn’t matter what grip I use. Teacher been telling me to hold the face quiet hands don’t use wrists. Maybe this is my solution. It’s so frustrating because I send them far but just right of target all the time haha
Should I try to fire the hips during this movement or is it just the arms and wrists doing the movement while keeping the left shoulder closed? Thank you!
Is that Marc or Jason Dufner?!!! I play the drums so I think I should be able to translate some of that speed into my golf swing however having the right technique is paramount. The dropping the hands and arms is huge for me..its the Ben Hogan secret I have been looking for!!!. I have been coming over the top by unwinding the left shoulder 1st for years and couldn't figure it out. This has crystalized that erroneous behaviour. Winter soon in Canada ..hope I remember all this next spring. will have to watch your videos during the winter or take a trip south!! Thanks for the tips!!!
I tried today in golf course bu that is not true. I have to hold the hands longer than u said to the club . Otherwise, i hook and pull hooks the ball by flipping the wrist. Please make it clear to us.
vimal Mittal becaise you have over rotated hips or shoulder creating a reverse pivot. You cured over the top but in doing so blocked yourself and club is trapped behind. You have no choice but pull hook it.
Good instruction. Just gotta watch out that the golfers who follow this thigh to thigh that they don't remain square when doing this. Hooks will be common. As long as the left shoulder keeps going around. They will see you doing the thigh to thigh but don't see your left shoulder moving around and out of the way. Cheers.
Good pointers you've mentioned (as well as others). Pin arms to your torso, turn your chest about your spine when rotating both in the back swing & the release (gets rid of chicken wings). Keep the body still - don't move your body backwards and don't move your body forwards. The weight shift occurs while your body remains in the same position. And, I would add one additional pointer - follow through. Golfers must get that trailing foot to spin - turn those butt cheeks and pivot up on the toes (balls) of the trailing foot. Weight on balls of lead foot and heel of trailing foot, then spin (rotate) with a solid follow through as you shift your weight maintaining the same position rotating about your spine. And, you are as awesome as hot apple pie!
My problem this season has been to fast of hands and PULL hooking it off the planet , the people where I play are tired of me hitting their houses ....LOL
Your hands maybe too high at impact. The higher your hands are at impact, the more the club head will roll over. Try and keep the club shaft/arm angle the same as address, by keeping your hands as low and close to the body as possible, at impact. This way you get more of the 'shutting the gate', sweeping motion, like Hogan, Sergio and Trevino, it also adds power due to additional leverage.
[memo] Hitting Zone 에서 보통 아마들은 손을 느리게 움직이는데 ... 여기 크리스타나는 말한다 : Forearm을 회전시켜서 번개같이 빠른 손동작으로 hitting zone 을 지나가게 하라고 ! ................................................................................... [recap] 허벅지와 허벅지 사이에서 (from thigh to thigh) 릴리스를 해서 클럽헤드가 최대한 빠르게 임팩트 존을 지나가게 할 것. 대다수의 아마춰들은 Hinging을 유지하면서 클럽을 계속 끌고내려와서 임팩트 존을 지난 후에야 릴리스를 하는데.. 이건 너무 늦다. * 릴리스는 허리높이에서부터 시작해서 왼쪽허벅지를 지나면서 완성해야 한다. - 그래서 전체 액션이 thigh 와 thigh 사이에서 이루어지도록 해야 한다. 그렇게 빠르게 이루어지는 것이 릴리스다. 일반인들은 손놀림이 너무 느리다. 볼을 견고하게 때리기 위해서는 빠른 손과 더 좋은 릴리스가 필요하다. * 훈련법: 백스윙을 손이 허리높이. 즉, 9시높이까지 가게 하고, 손이 오른쪽 허벅지까지 내려올 때부터 릴리스를 시작한다. * 릴리스의 의미는 오른손이 위에 (top) 위치하고, 장갑을 낀 왼손이 아래/밑에 위치하게 하는 것이다. - 릴리스는 from thigh to thigh 에서 그렇게나 빨리 행해지는 것, 그렇게 빠르게 행해져야 하는 것이다. - Chicken Wing 모양의 릴리스 자세는 헤드 스피드를 감속시킨다. * 백스윙을 했을 때, 가슴이 회전축이 되게 할 것이며.. 왼쪽어깨는 수동적이 (passive) 되게 하라. 많은 사람들이 왼쪽어깨로써 너무 빨리 감긴것을 풀어버린다 (unwind) - 오른쪽어깨가 회전축과 연계되어 그냥 pass 하되, 왼쪽으로 따라가며 굽게 하지 말라. 그렇게 하면 릴리스가 안 된다. - 그냥 손이 drop 되어 오른쪽 thigh 에서 왼쪽 thigh 까지 지나가게 하라. 그렇게 drop 하고 release 하란 말이다. * Take Away 를 할 때에, 왼팔이 가슴과 Connection을 유지하라는 말을 많이 했는데... Release 때에도 마찬가지다. 릴리스가 완료될 깨까지 왼팔은 가슴과 connection을 유지하고 있어야 한다. 왼팔의 Elbow가 나팔꽃모양처럼 되어 왼팔이 상체와 떨어지고 벌어지면 안 된다. 팔로우 스루까지 이 연결이 유지되어야 릴리스가 쉬워진다. - 홱 뒤집거나 scoop 하지 않는다. * 왼팔이 가슴과 연결된 것을 계속 유지하면, forearm 이 rotation 된다. Connection 이 유지되면, Release가 보다 쉬워진다. 이 연결이 끊어지면/풀어지면 Chicken Wing이 되기 쉽다. * 가슴을 회전축으로 삼고, 손이 9시방향높이까지 가도록 백스윙을 하고, 여기서부터 즉시 Release를 시작한다. - 클럽을 계속 끌어내려 lag를 유지하려고 하면, release를 행할 시간이 없게 되어 .. 할 수 있는 것은 chicken wing 뿐이다. *** 가슴과 Connection을 유지하고 있는 크리스티나의 왼팔을 보라 !! 번개같이 빠른 릴리스, 번개처럼 빠른 릴리스 !! ( for Solid Iron & More Distance )
Sure most amateurs need to release more but it should be as a result of a correct body turn. This tip is a recipe for heartbreak and low hooks. Learn how to turn correctly and the hands will take care of themselves.
Club doesn't turn over until way past impact. Saying to release early is wrong. Let it naturally do what the body has it do. Forearms will square club face up all by themselves.
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Yes! Your instructions are the best. It's a blessing for weekend golfers to have found an instructor that don't hold back any secrets. Why do I feel like my local PGA coaches holding back secrets ??? Thank you !!! You're simply the best and the kindest !!
Is it the same with Driver Christina? ❤ your accent
Starting watching your videos about a year ago.. been working on increasing driver distance and striking better iron shots. This video has been the best for hitting better irons. And.. I used to be the 'short sister' in my group... now I am out driving all of my playing partners. Tracking more pars.. but better yet... fewer doubles! Thanks Christina!!!
Really, really like your instruction. Have just started watching your videos and am now making my way through them all. Some really excellent tips and drills. Thanks.
This is the third or fourth of your videos I've watched. Everyone has been great and left me with skills to practice. Thanks for the help.
Christina, you are the BEST!! What a KEY thought to get quick hands, most of us swing from all the way back to the finish, there is NO speed. The absolute description of speed. Thank YOU!!
Just what I needed, I was to worried about holding my lag and lost 20 yards… I was not releasing, so lucky this showed up on my feed thanks!
Thanks for the tip I was struggling I
On the Front nine yesterday on the back I was started fast hands had five pars love your tips and listening to your voice
Love the advice about staying connected to release the hands!
Great drill thanks Christina
Thank you x3, Christina! I have taken lessons for years from a trusted teacher who kept correcting my hands to keep tight wrists until just into and after the thigh. I could never manage this. Conversely, when I just swung away, my best shots were when I felt what you describe. I am reminded that Jack Nicklaus said "the release begins at the top." Care to comment? BTW: you have a knack for good clear words accompanied by clear visual images to define things that can only really be felt.
Jibes exactly with what my pga coach is saying…this is working for me…thanks for the clarity of your vids
Hello Christina I am a beginner and I tried your tips today and I really saw a big improvement, it's amazing. Your drills are really effective and easy to understand. Thank you so much I will keep on watching!
This is incredibly helpful for those of us who drag the club afraid of casting and eliminating lag. Wonder if you would consider doing some tips directed towards senior citizens with limited flexibility.
You help me a lot you are very clear with your good words
Love this video! So true and I’m so glad you emphasize this move as it does produce effortless speed and consistent draws.
Thank you Christina another piece of the puzzle fits in place. 👍⛳️🏌️🇨🇦
Another well explained tip. You are a great communicator , to the point really worth subscribing to your channel.
Very good video...in my view, the essence of an effective swing
IM compressing the ball much better today at 56 than I ever have and I can play 36 holes with back aches in morning. Neck, shoulders, arms and hand relaxed (1), posture (2) and making the 5 to 7 o’clock @woosh (3) are what I’m thinking about in practice setting. If I get out of sync I flip the club over and swing the handle, listening for the woosh at 5-7. Right elbow pinned to right chest, acceleration starts with gravity and increases with body turn. Makes 5 irons feel so much better than ever! Good luck all!
Great video. Thank you for posting.
This video is being saved, and going to continue to try it.
Absolutely great advice!!
You are amazing love ur videos easy to understand and very helpful.
Cheers
One of your best videos. Wish I saw this a couple of years ago.
Christina, in your video about being too armsy, you are recommending a body turn. With this active release training, not sure how the body turn fits in. Can you address in a separate video how to do a body turn and also use an active release?
Was working this tip and and the one on hip rotation yesterday. The ball was going left and right until I realized I had to lighten my grip pressure to get the whip
Just keep that right elbow pressed against your rib cage. It creates proper extension on your backswing, promotes a shoulder turn, keeps the left arm straight (eliminates left chicken wing) and produces a soft draw. Practice doing it without hitting balls until it becomes second nature.
Watching your videos, I have learned more about the swing than I ever knew, and I have taken lessons throughout the years.
I am slow! Slow thinking, slow moving, slow,slow,slow and 6months of chemo made me slower but I hit the ball long for someone in their sixties.( driver 250+, 8 iron 150+etc.) You must learn how to develop a swing /move that matches your natural make up. All your theory is correct if the athlete is "wired" correctly for the concept. Many great players are arm and hand releasers, but for myself, this never was nor will be a repeatable swing option. Unfortunately, my swing development came late in life, basically after I lost my health. I wasted too many years trying to do things that were never repeatable for my talent. Golf is funny, once you develop repeatability, confidence comes with it. I thank Moe Norman for his insight on how to step outside the circle. Have fun and enjoy the challenge of this game that forces you to be yourself !!!
Garth Downton good advice garth! also good on you for staying active post chemo... hitting the driver that far in your 60s is incredible 😄
Great tip!!!
Great explanation, Hitting a golf ball instead of pushing a golf ball.....great visual!
Worth a try
Fantastic instruction better than the men’s ,thank you
Great Video, Great Tips
This is excellent. I’ve noticed when I’ve done this with a half to three quarter swing, I hit it as far if not farther than my full swing.
I'd hook it off the planet releasing like this. I release the club through body rotation, not a conscious movement of the hands, which keeps the clubhead squarer through impact. But I've always had fast hands and the hook has always been my nemesis so this tip probably doesn't apply to players like me.
yep you are the best...its working for me thanks
Hi Christina. Sir Henry Cotton said the golf swing is 85 percent hands and 15 percent body. (He is the one that advocated hitting rubber tires.) He said the trail hand moves faster then the lead hand at impact to the ball as the lead hand opposes the trail hand. I tried his theory and found it very cool. What say you?
Awesome video ❤ I bet you hit your 7 150 yards with that swing Christina ?✨🏆⛳
This is a great tip for more distance. But, maybe not so much for accuracy? I started doing this about 7 years ago and developed an unpredictable hook. So, I went back to a square, down the line, release. I would advise to practice this, but use the straight down the line release. Just make sure you extend your arms through impact. No chicken wing......
many moons ago !but just as relevant 🌘🌛😊
Great lesson, great legs !
HOw about tips on releasing longer clubs like driver and 3wood????????
You drive me nuts .....in a good way too x
I’ve been hitting right since I started golf a year ago. Doesn’t matter what grip I use. Teacher been telling me to hold the face quiet hands don’t use wrists. Maybe this is my solution. It’s so frustrating because I send them far but just right of target all the time haha
I recommend that you get a swing review so I can see. Head here to get one. I can help you identify root cause. www.morepars.com/online-coaching/
This is a great drill.
That’s the way I learned. The big things seems to be the body release these days.
Should I try to fire the hips during this movement or is it just the arms and wrists doing the movement while keeping the left shoulder closed? Thank you!
Great question. I'll do a future tip on this. Short answer: Fire hips but feel chest closed.
Wonder if Christina can cook.
Great guns!
Is that Marc or Jason Dufner?!!! I play the drums so I think I should be able to translate some of that speed into my golf swing however having the right technique is paramount. The dropping the hands and arms is huge for me..its the Ben Hogan secret I have been looking for!!!. I have been coming over the top by unwinding the left shoulder 1st for years and couldn't figure it out. This has crystalized that erroneous behaviour. Winter soon in Canada ..hope I remember all this next spring. will have to watch your videos during the winter or take a trip south!! Thanks for the tips!!!
Wish i could hit the ball like you
I've been working on this, but for whatever dumb reason I'm not getting the weight shift I want. My body must be getting used to the change?
I tried today in golf course bu that is not true. I have to hold the hands longer than u said to the club . Otherwise, i hook and pull hooks the ball by flipping the wrist. Please make it clear to us.
vimal Mittal becaise you have over rotated hips or shoulder creating a reverse pivot. You cured over the top but in doing so blocked yourself and club is trapped behind. You have no choice but pull hook it.
Even if this doesn’t work, it looks like fun.
Good instruction. Just gotta watch out that the golfers who follow this thigh to thigh that they don't remain square when doing this. Hooks will be common. As long as the left shoulder keeps going around. They will see you doing the thigh to thigh but don't see your left shoulder moving around and out of the way. Cheers.
The magic phrase: That's the key!!!
The best
How come you have the ball tee’d up?
I’m hooking like crazy when I do this. Is that common? Thanks.
Yes typically because you are not rotating fully with the body.
@@MorePars That can’t be the problem. I will keep locking for the answer. Thanks.
Good stuff..
Not crazy about this contact but those are some serious “guns”!
Will that same swing work with the driver
Hi. I have been working on this. Sometimes I tend to hit it fat when working on this. Any tips
Cheers.
chicken wings keep on the dinner table, lol good one!
that skirt is driving me nuts
Wear a different on then
That may cause pull hooks.
Most professionals don't advocate manipulation in the golf swing it leads to inconsistency.
Do u have tp release right hip too?
your the best
Good pointers you've mentioned (as well as others). Pin arms to your torso, turn your chest about your spine when rotating both in the back swing & the release (gets rid of chicken wings). Keep the body still - don't move your body backwards and don't move your body forwards. The weight shift occurs while your body remains in the same position. And, I would add one additional pointer - follow through. Golfers must get that trailing foot to spin - turn those butt cheeks and pivot up on the toes (balls) of the trailing foot. Weight on balls of lead foot and heel of trailing foot, then spin (rotate) with a solid follow through as you shift your weight maintaining the same position rotating about your spine.
And, you are as awesome as hot apple pie!
CR has some guns!
My problem this season has been to fast of hands and PULL hooking it off the planet , the people where I play are tired of me hitting their houses ....LOL
Make sure you are clearing your lead hip. Buckle to Target.
Lolol grip too strong? Strong grip+Out to in path would get you trajectorys around the globe!
Your hands maybe too high at impact.
The higher your hands are at impact, the more the club head will roll over.
Try and keep the club shaft/arm angle the same as address, by keeping your hands as low and close to the body as possible, at impact.
This way you get more of the 'shutting the gate', sweeping motion, like Hogan, Sergio and Trevino, it also adds power due to additional leverage.
Lightning hands. No compression or shaft lean!
[memo] Hitting Zone 에서 보통 아마들은 손을 느리게 움직이는데 ... 여기 크리스타나는 말한다 : Forearm을 회전시켜서 번개같이 빠른 손동작으로 hitting zone 을 지나가게 하라고 !
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[recap] 허벅지와 허벅지 사이에서 (from thigh to thigh) 릴리스를 해서 클럽헤드가 최대한 빠르게 임팩트 존을 지나가게 할 것.
대다수의 아마춰들은 Hinging을 유지하면서 클럽을 계속 끌고내려와서 임팩트 존을 지난 후에야 릴리스를 하는데.. 이건 너무 늦다.
* 릴리스는 허리높이에서부터 시작해서 왼쪽허벅지를 지나면서 완성해야 한다.
- 그래서 전체 액션이 thigh 와 thigh 사이에서 이루어지도록 해야 한다. 그렇게 빠르게 이루어지는 것이 릴리스다.
일반인들은 손놀림이 너무 느리다. 볼을 견고하게 때리기 위해서는 빠른 손과 더 좋은 릴리스가 필요하다.
* 훈련법: 백스윙을 손이 허리높이. 즉, 9시높이까지 가게 하고, 손이 오른쪽 허벅지까지 내려올 때부터 릴리스를 시작한다.
* 릴리스의 의미는 오른손이 위에 (top) 위치하고, 장갑을 낀 왼손이 아래/밑에 위치하게 하는 것이다.
- 릴리스는 from thigh to thigh 에서 그렇게나 빨리 행해지는 것, 그렇게 빠르게 행해져야 하는 것이다.
- Chicken Wing 모양의 릴리스 자세는 헤드 스피드를 감속시킨다.
* 백스윙을 했을 때, 가슴이 회전축이 되게 할 것이며.. 왼쪽어깨는 수동적이 (passive) 되게 하라.
많은 사람들이 왼쪽어깨로써 너무 빨리 감긴것을 풀어버린다 (unwind)
- 오른쪽어깨가 회전축과 연계되어 그냥 pass 하되, 왼쪽으로 따라가며 굽게 하지 말라. 그렇게 하면 릴리스가 안 된다.
- 그냥 손이 drop 되어 오른쪽 thigh 에서 왼쪽 thigh 까지 지나가게 하라. 그렇게 drop 하고 release 하란 말이다.
* Take Away 를 할 때에, 왼팔이 가슴과 Connection을 유지하라는 말을 많이 했는데... Release 때에도 마찬가지다.
릴리스가 완료될 깨까지 왼팔은 가슴과 connection을 유지하고 있어야 한다.
왼팔의 Elbow가 나팔꽃모양처럼 되어 왼팔이 상체와 떨어지고 벌어지면 안 된다.
팔로우 스루까지 이 연결이 유지되어야 릴리스가 쉬워진다.
- 홱 뒤집거나 scoop 하지 않는다.
* 왼팔이 가슴과 연결된 것을 계속 유지하면, forearm 이 rotation 된다.
Connection 이 유지되면, Release가 보다 쉬워진다. 이 연결이 끊어지면/풀어지면 Chicken Wing이 되기 쉽다.
* 가슴을 회전축으로 삼고, 손이 9시방향높이까지 가도록 백스윙을 하고, 여기서부터 즉시 Release를 시작한다.
- 클럽을 계속 끌어내려 lag를 유지하려고 하면, release를 행할 시간이 없게 되어 .. 할 수 있는 것은 chicken wing 뿐이다.
*** 가슴과 Connection을 유지하고 있는 크리스티나의 왼팔을 보라 !!
번개같이 빠른 릴리스, 번개처럼 빠른 릴리스 !! ( for Solid Iron & More Distance )
Sure most amateurs need to release more but it should be as a result of a correct body turn. This tip is a recipe for heartbreak and low hooks. Learn how to turn correctly and the hands will take care of themselves.
Hope my sister watches this. She is a "chicken winger" ! But Love her just the same!
please share your ARMS WORKOUT REGIMEN! you are cut! nice lesson too!
Club doesn't turn over until way past impact. Saying to release early is wrong. Let it naturally do what the body has it do. Forearms will square club face up all by themselves.
What a pretty accent, I could listen all day. )
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Release this way causes hooks and topping of the ball.
would you flex your bicep
Problem with this is inconsistency...
Is she a golf instructor or a fitness instructor?
Supple quickness, not rigid slowness :)
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this is not a correct consciousness...when release
nothing new here been doing drill for years
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The still photo of you for this video shows your weight heavily on your right side after impact. Also in the actual video. Your action is all wrong