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It’s not just two extremes. He kept his arms tense for the first part of the back swing - which is allowed and necessary for safety - but then continued to unnecessarily elevate/hold himself through the second half of the back swing, resulting in an extra second of that unnecessary elevation.
Technically, no pun intended, you’re supposed to extend and lower yourself instead - again, after you’ve stabilized yourself on the first part of the back swing.