[teach]

Yoda,

Your question actually confounded me. I had to get a club that I keep behind my couch to test this. It seems that for the two-foot back and two-foot forward motion of a short chip that I move the triangle of my arms and the club as a unit. To answer your question literally, I guess that both of my arms take the club away. At this time, my understanding of the right forearm takeaway is that it is a simultaneous upward and backward motion, as if I were bending my right elbow to take an oath. Is this correct? If so, I don't see how this could be executed with the extremely short length of a greenside chip, assuming that I am trying to buid a swinging procedure for all shots. I do see how a short RFT would be fine if I wanted to use a mini hitting procedure for chipping, but my logic is that I should swing for all strokes before I begin to mix procedures. Is either my thought process or execution incorrect in your view?

As for the acquired motion that I would use for pitches, I have also been using both arms to take the club away until I get to the "toe up" position. I just experimented with this and do see how I could use an abbreviated RFT for this shot.

I absolutely see that mastering these shorter swings will help me develop my full swing, so I value any assistance that you and the forum members can provide.

Thank you very much.

teach