first try not to let them on your six:) one simple manuever which may help is just simple scissoring. i try to time so that when he is pulling lead for a shot, you will roll and turn the other way. keep him out of phase, when he is adjusting to your position, you roll towards the other. adjust throttle, maybe reduce hoping for a tighter turn and forcing an overshoot. these flat turns start of small at first, and the further out of phase the attacker gets, the larger your turns will become. flat scissoring is one of the more basic acms, but incorporates quite a few skills which you can build on such as E management, fighting looking back at nme, etc. my advice, especially to a new player would be to worry less about extending and living and focus on trying to shake someone off. you will die alot, but every death can be positive if you can try to take something away from it and people will acknowledge your efforts. start simple first, effective simple manuevers are much more effective than poorly executed advanced manuevers, but you will need them all eventually:) there is no magic bullet, different situations call on different things, i would say try to find something that works for you and take one thing at a time. trainers will probably make learning easier and faster, and will be able to answear your questions well with actually examples. just my advice, good luck:)