I'm so happy when we can tack smoothly, and without losing much speed. That's not easy for us,...
Us, is usually just me sailing the boat. But sometimes I enlist help with family. But we do tack, sometimes a lot!
I used to race but not these days. I love to sail! And that means tacking. This (above) is pretty typical sailing for us, going to windward, often with a little current against us, in light air. In this sail, I'd take one sheet winch and my wife manned the other. I enjoy the helming and trim between tacks, she enjoyed a book.
I try to do smooth. You'd think because we sail an older boat with a long keel and attached rudder, that's what makes tacking slow. But in fact it's more waiting for our 135% genoa to pass the shrouds and mast. So I try to keep things well timed.
The best thing I learned from my racing years is, 'make the boat go fast, first'. That 'rule' usually referred to speed over course (within reason); get the speed and then worry about everything else. But it holds for tacking in close quarters, especially when the wind is light.
So rather than wrenching the genoa over, I try to keep the boat moving smoothly and work the tack into that. The worst thing that happens (often enough) is the lazy sheet gets caught on something (there is a lot of somethings on our old boat).
Good racers are the best sailors. They can teach you a lot just by watching them.