Years ago I was on holiday in Guernsey and hired a PA38 to tour the islands. On the check flight, landing back at Guernsey, I flared and did a fully held-off landing. The instructor wondered what the heck I was doing; "no need to pull it that far", he said.
Since the check had gone well (including a nice landing) and I didn't want to prolong it with 'demonstrations of how it should be done' I didn't argue, simply saying "it's because I fly taildraggers".
But I did note that his comment may indicate why we see so many snapped-off nosegears on tricycle aeroplanes in the AAIB reports every month.
SSD