[ronaaronson]

The first move of the downswing is a lateral shift of the left hip towards the target with the head staying back. This action causes the right shoulder to turn down plane. This turning shoulder is actually a pushing force against the left arm whose subsequent motion results, at least in a full swing, in a longitudinal pull on the end of the golf club -- much in the same way that a horse pulls a carriage by pushing on its harness. But on a short chip shot, where the club is only moving back a small distance and there is not much of a wrist cock so that the club does not depart radically from vertical, it does not seem to me that this pivot action can possibly result in accelerating the club longitudinally. The shoulder turning down plane seems to me to be applying a pushing force radially across the shift. If you wish instead to shift focus to the left arm powering the chip in a pivot-less stroke, I can see how the club is being moved by pulling -- but pulling radially!. If you were to pull longitudinally on this nearly vertical club shaft, you would simply be raising it vertically from the ground in a straight line with centrifugal force playing no part. Thus I conclude that all "small" shots cannot be utilizing the Rope Handle Technique and is thus not "swinging".

Can somebody point out the errors of my way?

Also, the last sentence of the first paragraph of 10-19-C DRAG LOADING:

Then further acceleration can be applied only at Pressure Point #1 to support the Pull on the Clubshaft -- especially for Short Shot Power.

Wouldn't this acceleration be radial and pushing ("switting")?