Shane - there are excellent instructors there that we always use. They go in the car with you, and will also drive your car (up to you) and teach you how to do it. Its low speed, and very safe. There has never been anything resembling a close call between 2 cars on the skidpan with SAU. Make no mistake, the instructors are there for drift, 1 is a rally driver.
I used to totally shit myself when i slid before I started doing these days, now, things are a bit different..... This will be my 5th i believe.
Skidpan is about 100m x 50m ? That would be the size of an imaginary rectangle around it.