Whatever you try, practice putting your feet in and out some before you ride. You are used to flat pedals and you automatically remove your feet from the pedals without a thought. You need to train your brain on how your feet go in and out of the clipless pedals so you don't revert to the old automatically and do a pratfall. Read your manual and look at YouTube videos on how you engage and disengage with your model/type of clipless pedal. Shimano has two types of SPD cleats. I believe the SH56 is the easier/beginner cleat and the SH51 is the harder/more advanced cleat. Practice so you can engage and disengage without looking at your pedals and feet. The body follows the head so you need to look at the road in the direction that you want to travel.