It seems to me you are using an arm only stroke. You a close to the ball for alignment and also so that you can possilbly feel your elbow moving (possibly it rubs your shirt) and you have no use for the shoulders. It may "feel" like your right elbow is bending in the backstroke, straightening in the downstroke, and the left elbow is bending while the right arm goes to finish.
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