Freeroll strategy

[mothmandan]

I would like to know if anyone can recommend a strategy for freerolls. I have played a few in the past that I considered viable tournaments (e.g. Full Contact Poker - Negreanu Protege 1) and because I am waiting to see what happens with this online poker world before I start playing cash games I started playing a few weekly ones at some of the poker rooms. I am only looking to have fun and if I get really lucky I may win an entry into a small cash tournament in the future. I am not trying to build a bankroll, but I am sick of sucking out after an hour when I think I am playing decent poker.

My problem is that I seem to get short stacked quickly and would like to know how to avoid this. Many people go all in quickly at the start (hey its free, who cares attitude) and this pays off for a few people who can then own the tables. With the little experience I have it seems as though people treat them like SNGs. Should I approach them as a SNG and use the outlines seen in Miller's "Getting Started in Hold'em"? Is there some other approach I should use? It seems as though the sit and pounce strategy isn't working. Should I dive deeper into GSIH and SSH, is there any other reading I should do, or should I just keep practicing?

I guess this is sort of a stupid topic, but maybe someone out there has some advice.