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Love it! The chicken or the egg?

LOL. I do not know the answer, but I do know that there was a time when I basically chipped with my feet. More for experimenting than to develop the stroke. I think it is a good experience that anyone should try at some point.

Focus on rhythmically loading and unloading your left and right feet (muscles). The action will proceed up through the skeleton and magially produce some fine chip shots.

Its downhill from there. In the sense that there is an analogy to downhill skiing. If you've ever taken anyone new to downhill on the slope for the first time they will use their feet like mad (in order to compensate for bad rhythm and balance) and spend the evening complaining about exhausted feet muscles.

The experienced skier is also using his feet muscles, but the action is more supportive than correctional so he will not overdo it. So he will not suffer from sore feet muscles at the end of the day.

The experienced golfer will use his feet muscles (or his feet) but will not notice as everything else is so rhythmig and synchronized that there is not need to force it.

I think exaggerated "feet force chipping" is a nice thing to try just to crate some understanding, although it is nothing that the gurus ever use or think of.

Now that I have made a fool of myself I'll revert to doing things that I know more about.

I'd look up Ed Strakers pointer if I needed to know some more at this time.

If anybody wants to see the reference to foot action in the book, see 7-17. After reading this section, it was one of the breakthrough moments in developing my swing.