Josh Sanders is a golf teaching professional and this is what he tell his clients about making great chips. First and foremost you should know your golf club. Looking at a wedge you will see how much loft is on the club face. You will also see the bulge of metal on the sole of the club head, called the bounce.

Those two features are designed to get the ball air born quickly. Most beginner golfers try to scoop the ball into the air which results in poor contact.

To hit a great chip shot, position the ball in the middle. Tilt your body forward and lean to the left. This takes out the need to lean the club forward with your hands. Make sure the leading edge is not below the bounce. Relax you grip and let you body rotation propel it through thus giving you a solid contact. Bend your right wrist slightly as you start your backswing. On the downswing the handle should come back to the ball first as your body turns forward. After the club head hits the ball the handle should be closer to the target than the club head. Having a stable right wrist is the key to good chipping. It should be bent backwards slightly. Do not flick your wrist at impact. Having a stable right wrist gives solid compression at impact and gets the ball up.

Chipping should not be confused with pitching. When you chip a ball, you are going to be just off the green and you want the ball to easily roll across the green and toward your target. A pitch shot is a lofted shot that flies more than it rolls. A pitch is usually used when you are a little further off the green but you still are close enough that you won’t want to take a full golf swing.
A pitch shot is usually from 30-70 yards away from the green. You can also use a pitch shot if you need to hit above trees, hazards, or sand traps.
Use a lofted wedge club like a sand wedge, a pitching wedge, or a lob wedge. These clubs have faces that allow you to get underneath the ball and put it in the air.

You will want an open stance with your feet closer together. The ball should be positioned in the center of the stance. Your body turn will be determined by the size of the swing. Focus about 70 percent of your weight on your lead foot.
You will have to modify your backswing according to the distance you have to go to the hole. It can be waist high, shoulder high, or a full swing. Just don’t put too much power into it or you will overshoot the green. Let your legs and body turn slightly through the shot.

As with any shot, your aim should be to present the clubface perfectly square to the target. But this is even more important with the pitch, as any minor deviations will be magnified by such an intense shot. Aim for a ball then turf contact. If you are regularly thinning the ball when attempting this shot, you are probably not accelerating into it.
Once on the green, you’ll want to putt effectively. There’s nothing more frustrating than taking more putts than what you need to.