I'm sure most Shaman who care about arena PvP have read Push's thread, "Need help in PvP? Ask Push!". It's a great thread, in it he gives some fantastic advice for budding Shaman (particularly enhancement Shaman). The information in the thread is so great, that I created an ebook from it. What follows in an excerpt from that book.

At the end of this post is a link to download the ebook, completely free. All Shaman need to read this, you WILL learn something!

Update 13 Jul: The ebook has been updated to include an introduction from Push himself. I also removed one image to reduce the file size and improve download speed.

Update 14 Jul: More  updates! I've reordered the advice into 5 chapters (1:General Advice, 2:Gear, Sockets, & Enchants, 3:Spec Advice, 4:Matchup Strategies, and 5:Comp Advice). I've also added some new advice from Push, it can be found in the Matchup Strategies catgory. Enjoy!

Who is Push?

Push is a Shaman on the Dark Iron server. He’s one of the few enhancement Shaman that have been successful in the arenas, regularly posting arena ratings over 2100 without win-trading. He’s been gracious enough to have taken a great deal of time helping the Shaman community improve their arena skills.

Q & A with Push

How often do you use a shield when against a good rogue or warrior team?

Great issue. I get this a lot. Your goal is to put the other team on the defensive; putting on a shield makes that difficult, but there are times where it is definitely appropriate.

My 2v2 is with a Resto Druid. If there is a Rogue, and only if there is a Rogue, I may use my shield (Vengeful Gladiator's Redoubt, enchanted with +12 Resilience [http://thottbot.com/i33735]). If the gates open and there's stealth--on goes the shield. Generally, my Druid goes Bear Form. There are two types of Rogue teams: double DPS and single DPS (duh!). More...

Stumbled across this topic on the mage forums, started by Tashre-Baelgun. Not a bad topic, it's gotten past the one page mark... meaning there are several mages with an opinion on the subject.

Every mage needs light feathers for their slow fall antics. So where do you farm light feathers? Here's what a few helpful posters on the forums had to say: More...

The art of flag defense in Warsong Gulch

Welcome to chapter 3 of the SpellDamage.com PvP guide for 29 twink mages. In chapter 2 I showed you how to master the art of flag assist. In this chapter I’ll be going over another important role in Warsong Gulch (WSG)… Flag Defender!

This is a role that the 29 twink mage is somewhat good at. There will be times when you totally lock down the enemy flag carrier, or times when you get totally destroyed by their entourage. I’ll teach you how to handle some common scenarios you will face when defending the flag.

For the first time, you’ll be called on to actually do some damage to your enemies. This chapter does not go into detail about the best ways to destroy your opponents. That will come in a later chapter. More...

Hello everyone, I just wanted to let you know why I haven't released chapter 3 for the 29 twink mage pvp guide yet. It's the 4th of July weekend, which means I've been spending time with family and friends. And, when I am at the computer, I've been having a blast playing my fresh level 70 shaman (woot, got my merciless gladiator's cleavers with deathfrost enchants). More...

Now this is a hilarious forum post here:

I just want to ride around on my arcane-orb, even if it takes me weeks to complete a quest chain :(

This was Androy of Duskwood's reply to a Warlock's QQ about the epic warlock mount quest. It left me rolling, had to share!

There's a thread over on the U.S. forums talking about the 45 second cooldown on the priest spell, Silence.  More specifically, it asks the question, "What justifies a 45 second cooldown on the SPriest silence?". So, what does justify it?

Justifying the 45 Seconds

Well, it's pretty obvious that there's going to be a lot of debate about this. People are bound to compare this ability to other classes' abilities, such as: counterspell, spell lock, or perhaps even death coil or polymorph. More...

Holy crap! Go read this and come back: Shock and awe in the Arena - WOW Insider.

My shaman just recently dinged 70, and I've been planning on giving enhancement spec a good solid try. I've been getting my face smashed in over and over and over while I "pvp" for some season 2 gear. Now, I've got second thoughts... if you didn't go read that post on WoWInsider, watch the video here. More...