History has spurts and then is steady, and then maybe even backing up a step, and then forward again.
I've had pretty good success with Stan (Musial) by throwing him my best pitch and backing up third.
I always go backwards when I am backing up.
I had to take the driver's test twice. And they don't make you parallel park anymore, but you can't hit the curb when you're backing up. And I hit the curb.