If you float load, then I think it's OK if you have the millisecond pause.
V.J. verbally kicked my butt for pausing at the top. He had me swing the "whippy club" to help make his point. You can't pause with the whippy club. If you do, then you lose the load on your pressure points. Once you load, you must move that load or lose it. Once loaded, the quick hip action 2 inch bump of the swinger at the start of the downswing keeps it there. I think that's why HK has "snap loading" at the "end" of the backstroke for swingers. 12-2-0.
It took about 10-15 swings with the whippy to get it all together before I started hitting straight shots.
And, the club is moving pretty fast against the pressure points to fully load them.