There is some excellent stuff in there, I found that link quite early on in my dancing career.
However, I have a few reservations about *exactly* following a very beginner lead - having tried it, it can demoralise a first or second timer who really doesn't have a clue because Ceroc doesn't teach lead and follow principles and they have *no idea* what they are doing wrong or imagine that you are being unco-operative. In these cases, I reckon that sometimes it's kinder to treat them as a weak lead and mostly follow what you know to be the intention, and focus on 'correcting' the worst bits by either saying something (guy who tries to turn himself on a shoulder drop before you've finished the return - OW!) or exactly following the lead, then explaining why it didn't work.
When it comes to "new intermediates" now...
- especially if it's a 6-week beginner who I have tactfully advised needs some more review classes.
I like this quote
from the previous "chapter" on the importance of dancing with beginners:
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You learn how to dance better by dancing with more experienced partners. But you learn how to lead/follow better by dancing with less experienced partners. Your skills are put much more to the test dancing with a beginner than with an experienced dancer. It is easy to lead/follow a great dancer. All your weaknesses as a leader/follower show up with beginners. Dance with them and ask yourself why each incorrectly led/followed figure didn't work and when you figure it out, work on incorporating the fixes into all your dancing!
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(my bold)