A Quick Primer For My First 300m TT

I've been more than a little concern about the 300m time trial in the upcoming provincials. To make a long story short, all that talk about the beams, false starts, and doing a proper start had me worrying a bit. I mean, can't I just roll off the line or something? Fortunately, coach EG gave us a quick primer today so I am less nervous now. He covered a lot of material so I would just highlight the key things that he mentioned:

• The Start: Woohoo! I don't have to do the whole winding the body backward thingy if I don't want to. Frankly, I have absolutely no confidence that my front skate would stay still so the prospect of a false start would be highly probable. Instead, I opt to start by placing my left skate 45 degree to the start line and my pushing skate perpendicular to my left skate forming a T. Stretch out my arms, load (i.e. bend my knees), pronate right skate for additional grip, wind my right arm back, left hand in front of my forehead, place all my weight on my right skate, and fall on my left skate to start.
• Running On My Skates: must practice duck walk (well, it's too late now for the race this weekend)! I must remember to bring my feet back to the midline of the body between each step. It's better to have a slower cadence but more power. The placement of the box in CITC means that I will likely run until I reach the apex of the first corner. I don't think I can run that far but hey, I have actually run/accelerate in a corner before not too long ago at indoor! I can do it (though it'll be ugly).
• Acceleration: the first 280m are all about acceleration. Aim to come out of every corner with more speed by powering through from apex and onward. It's okay not to skate tight because forcing myself to skate tight out of the corner would essentially slow me down (remember this stuff from indoors?).
• Arm Swing: from hip to forehead. Do not cross the midline of the body. Arm swing should drive/determine the leg speed.
• Finish: power through the finish