Although I think his is a little different then what I do at the end. But the take away is very similar.
Flip Chipping? Why is it working?
I saw this and it describes both styles:
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Kevin Kisner how to use the bounce which I would guess is over 75% of golfers.
And Brian Sparks chipping.
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A lot of videos and, like putting, 9 million ways to do it. Chipping has always been a strong part of my game because you could go to the golf course and practice it for free!
My keys that I use in the clinics:
Ball back, Feet close together, little knee flex and stand close to the ball.
60% weight on front foot and stays there
Arms and shoulders form a triangle, move the triangle by rocking the shoulders.
Club stays low going back and through
Practice swings you brush the grass like you’re giving it a haircut.
Typhoon
This was the technique I had always heard and used. But, my chipping has always been subpar. Either I would make good practice swings then for whatever reason chunk or blade the actual chip. When I made good contact I would a large chunk of the time blast the ball way past the hole. It just never worked, and to be honest I never practiced much. This new way I'm using has improved my overall game dramatically, and I still don't practice!
I agree though, when it comes to golf not every technique works for every person.
Dufferman I think I've been doing something similar on longer chips, but I use a 7 iron. Does your right hand pass your left in a real flipping motion? That's what I do. Works really well for me. I'll have to try it with different clubs around the green. I used to use a pw for any chips and just started using lower lofts but the only time I let it flip is on the low running 7 iron chip.
Typhoon Ball back, Feet close together, little knee flex
60% weight on front foot and stays there
Arms and shoulders form a triangle, move the triangle by rocking the shoulders.
Club stays low going back and through
This.
I would add:
For low chips, lead with left hand. I think of it as a left hand shot.
For higher chips, ball forward and it's more of a right hand shot.
I am one of those "use 1-2 clubs only and learn to use them well" guys.
Usually SW for me. GW for longer pitches. LW for specialty shots only, like super flops and hard pan.
I always play low when I can. But you may be surprised how high you can hit a chip shot hooding a gap or sand wedge
OK....After the above discussion yesterday I went and got out Paul Runyan's book (he played the tour in the 30's and 40's, but hit it SO short he developed a killer short game to be able to compete). He's a little unorthodox, but it
has worked for me in the past....don't know why I ever moved on to other methods. Anyway, his video describing his methods is below....putting first....chipping starts at 21:42. Played today going back to this method and got it
up and down 5 out of 9 times. Still not perfect, but much better than I've been averaging!!
Spuzz and who chips with a 3 or 4 iron these days?
Who even CARRIES a 3 or 4 these days? My strongest iron is a 6 iron. I'll keep at it until it stops
working or something else comes along that I think will work better. "My version" is to chip with my
putting grip and stroke, which is a much shallower stroke insuring more consistent contact.
I've always been a wrist hinge chipper, unless I'm right on the edge, then I just pretend a 7 or 8 iron is my putter.
It has always worked well for me, my short game isn't the problem with my game. One wedge unless I need something tricky with my lob wedge. Whatever works
I've found that as long as I keep my head perfectly still, I can do all sorts of hand and arm movements and make good contact. Only problem is I don't practice enough to even dial in one technique, much less instill the discipline to always keep my head in the same rotational location 
. I try to do what Typhoon suggested above and am reasonably decent at pitching and chipping except that I lack consistency for distance control (no practice = no touch). I've gotten away from it in recent years, but I used to do everything with the lob wedge so that I could be more aggressive given the lack of touch described above. I think I need to return to the lob wedge for all as my best scores came from that time in my golf experience.
When I was younger Johnny, I’d just about only chip with my PW. I’d just manipulate the face. Back then there weren’t any lob or gap wedges.
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Typhoon I’d just about only chip with my PW
I'm only a couple of years younger (be 58 in two months) and did the same. Then I bought a Slotline lob wedge from a bargain barrel for $5 sometime in the early 90's and really did well with it for a long time. For some reason I decided to go with the get it rolling as soon as possible strategy a few years back and it hasn't paid off for me because it relies more on feel to get the distances right and I just don't have that. Just threw the Slotline back in the bag this week and going to try going back to the one club with a more aggressive swing mentality.
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I chip with a putting-like move. Use 6h thru GW depending on how much roll I need. Works for me. YMMV.
Flipping is a no-no for me. Putting type stroke with my 60
degree wedge, use it for every shot around the green except sand.