Newbie at 41 😩 and worried about hurting my hands/wrist because of work

So my parents never taught me how to ride a bike and here I am at 41 trying to learn. I work with my hands so I was thinking I’d get some wrist guards to help protect if I fall off ( highly likely 🫠) . However, I thought that skate ones would be too rigid and stop me being able to manoeuvre ( and therefore be more likely to crash). Does anyone have any advice for types of wrist guard I could get? Thankyou in advance