when i started learning i didn't take a dominant foot into consideration and just kinda did it the way i saw others do it (left forward, right back) and realized after learning it this way that it was way easier to do it the reverse way. now i'm ambidexterious with trackstands and it's really useful. i've heard don't clip in when learning but at least for me it makes sense to stay strapped in for better controlled stops at lights and such.

and if you fall over at a light, try and land on the windshield of the car next to you and play it off like it never happened.