Alex,
How about these final checks that you can say to yourself, and therefore force yourself to glance quickly at the correct instrument, as you are starting to roll?
RPM - Good?
Temps and pressures - In the green?
Airspeed - Increasing?
RPM - if not what you are expecting then STOP.
T&Ps - if not greens then STOP.
Airspeed - if not increasing.....then you may have left the pitot cover on...and that won't help you at all = STOP.
An easy mantra that doesn't need a checklist but gives you that extra last chance to make sure that most things are working properly.
Did your instructor not tell you to do something like this?
G
