• Let the person in front of you settle before you get in place,
• Keep your back straight, don't lean over.
• Don’t push on the person in front of you.
• If you grip the person ahead, grip the cross pieces on the harness. Always release in the same way - you can help or hinder the person ahead of you by how you release.
• Remember your steps.
• Choose something to look at (part of door frame, floor, whatever) and always look at it - it will help make your exit consistent.
• Turn to exit square to the door, especially if you an early diver. Cutting the angle too fine will tend to throw the #10 person into the rear of the door frame (ouch).

• Assign slots according to the strengths of the individuals – arrival order may not necessarily match exit order.
• Don’t engineer in a delay caused by someone waiting for their slot to develop. This usually means don’t have adjacent jumpers in the exit order docked together (e.g. don’t have #8 docking on #7).
• Divers have gravity on their side, floaters have to work against it. Keep this in mind when engineering the formation.
• It takes time to get the line moving – the early floaters will be separated more than the late divers.

• Know where the base will be, and go there.
• Never back away.
• If you arrive before the person you dock on, take their slot or take a temporary grip.
• Once in, if you have a legal grip don't let go.
• Once in, stop the formation from turning.
• Once in, keep the fall rate up or the floaters and late divers will be hosed (many of the formations are floaty).
• The last floater and diver in can dock hard. Be prepared to absorb the shock.

• Don't switch grips during the 5 second hold.
• Some of the formations are fragile (e.g. the Dragon). Pay attention to levelidity.

• Boatman’s Star. Does not absorb a hard hit well.  Subject to level problems.
• Lil’s Nova, Perris Pinwheel, Deland Dingo. Straightforward.
• Triple Diamond.  Front three need to take care that their arms don’t overlap, which looks like illegal grips to the judges.
• Wright Flyer. Builds quickly. Take care the “wings” don’t flap forward which will block the "stabilizers".
• Tim’s Zircon.  Floaty.
• Handprop. Very floaty once the size reaches 6 or 7.
• Thacker’s Beartrap. Also very floaty in the compressed center. The center must keep the fall rate going or the cats have a hard time.
• Norman’s Cross. Turns very easily, everyone has to work to prevent this. Take care with the grips, it's easy to take a wrong grip.
• Raeford Dragon. !!!!!
• Xenia.  Straightforward.