What you are saying makes sense on paper and I have played around with different arm frequencies, however driving my arms back as hard as possible always wins out and gives me much better acceleration, as well as keeping me in a “driving/pushing” mode for a greater portion of the race, thus allowing me to save my frequency for mid race.
I would imagine that any loss in stride frequency would be negated by the massive increase in stride length. My worst starts always feel “quick” and my best ones “powerfull” if that makes sense
If you want to see a perfect example of how it’s done check out Asafa Powell, maurice greene and justin Gatlin (his sub 10 races).