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Hill starts. Pedal timing for take off from standing. There's a little dance to learn, @Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk hill start advice should see you learning it.
Parked or driving, you've got to be able to take off while facing uphill without rolling back. You don't want to roll back into the person behind you. Also a good reason not to pull up too close behind others on a hill.
Just remembered another thing he taught me which should help with standing starts.
Doing a hill start, you pop it into first gear with the clutch down while still on the hand brake.
Give it some revs (not a huge amount, and how much exactly will come with practice) and slowly start to come off the clutch. What you’re looking at is the front of the bonnet. As you get to the biting point the bonnet of the car will lift slightly. At that point you should be able to take it off the hand brake without rolling back.
Same thing if you need to do a standing reverse start on a slope, only this time you’re looking for the bonnet to dip a little.
This is what I was going to say. Practice hills.
Practice taking off from being parked uphill.
Practice taking off from being stopped downhill.
People will park/pull up almost to your bumper and give you very little wiggle room.