Are you for real?
The last thing I read of yours you were telling someone how to do something. Such as 60 to 90 degrees from the lean and push it over if it was going to slow. Now your here looking for basics? There was some good stuff in that thread that you tossed off to the side with thing thing that you put up.
I'll quote you here:
"I would fall it (if able to) 60-90 degrees to the side. 40% face cut and then walk your back cut in, when you get to the hinge, if it doesn't go over slowly, give it a push, the tree is not that big and this way you don't have to worry about it splitting and chairing on you.
just my opinion, and that is all it is. Good luck."
The tree is not that big and you don;t have to worry about splitting or chairing? I'll tell on myself a bit here. I just got a 12" Alder to chair out on me. Yup scared the crap out of me cause I wasn't expecting it. Size don't mean anything when it comes to a chair. Lean means a GREAT deal. Gotta be ready for a chair anytime, especially with a leaner. Hardwoods have all kinds of pent up energy in them, from my dealings with'em. That tree far as I saw it was a chair waiting to happen, specially the way you called it. If a guy is pushing on a tree, where is he standing? What's gonna happen to him if it does chair? Small don't matter, you gotta think about every thing you cut. A 6"er will screw you up of you turn your back on it and it does something unexpected.
At least you're asking. That's good. Hopefully it will keep you alive long enough to get old. I would suggest this right off, first and foremost. If you are already a faller, you don't work alone very much being green I would hope. Find an old faller and watch him for a while and ask him everything he can stand to hear.
Reread that thread that I quoted you from earlier, good stuff there, read tricky tree, The picture one, the felling direction question. There tons of good stuff to be had here. Do some looking. If you come upon specific questions ask. Those are much easier to answer than what you have put before the masses, with your general lay it all on me thing here.
If you're in wood small enough to push over by hand, and you have to push them by hand, you are doing something wrong. Even if it's just cutting a corner to save time.
Wedging is something you're gonna have to get used too. Ever see a cutters belt that had no wedges? I never have, unless he all of them buried on the back. Wait until you get into having to use jacks, you don't like wedges you're gonna hate jacks.
The only thing that really teaches is time. Eyes and ears open, mouth shut. Do as you're told by your teacher not as he does. If you have one he should have the time to know things you are years from knowing. If you don't, slow down take, your time, pay attention and be ready.
Owl