This wikipedia page explains the nuance of best practice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_practice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_practice Not following

This wikipedia page explains the nuance of best practice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_practice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_practice Not following best practices is more likely to result in inefficiency. But the key word here is "practice". Practice dancing a lot and you will be able to dance well, in the form of dancing you practiced. There are other forms of dance and thus other forms of practice. Practice for lindy hop is going to differ from practice for tango, or jazz. And the best practice for lindy will result in the best lindy dancing, as it has been developed over time and has the best outcomes. But if for some reason you need to do lindy hop in, say, a really cramped space, the practice will have to change. Best practice doesn't mean only practice.